Regina’s heritage at risk
It has been a somewhat depressing few months to be a history buff in Regina. Read More
What might have been: Art Deco at Portage and Main
The story of stagnation and decline that followed Winnipeg’s growth and ascendancy is a familiar one, if not always one clearly understood. Read More
Follow Trib Talks live!
Follow the live blog of Spectator Tribune’s first panel, Trib Talks, a discussion on the fate of downtown Winnipeg. Sponsored by the Park Theatre, the panel will feature… Read More
The Bad Cyclist: Rethinking traffic
If we were more forward-thinking about traffic, this column would have a different name. Read More
Small zoning reforms could make a big difference
Under current City of Winnipeg zoning regulations, Wolseley is an illegal neighbourhood. Read More
Trib Talks: A discussion on making cities livable
Spectator Tribune, with the support of Winnipeg’s Park Theatre, is pleased to announce the first of its Trib Talks series, featuring a panel discussion on… Read More
An abrupt end to Canada’s oldest indoor skate park
As for the Heritage Building and the skaters, the city and/or the exhibition park board could at least have given a certain grace period, so that a new building could be found. Read More
Regina braces for ‘major flooding’
If we do face an extra four feet of water, though, it might be time to figure out how long a cubit is and how much lumber we’ll need to build an ark. Read More
Downtown buildings are more than the opposite of parking lots
There are four things buildings in an urban setting should do, and Winnipeg should strive for developments that, as often as possible, successfully do them all. Read More
Food security and residential development in Edmonton’s northeast
The City missed out on an opportunity to incorporate food security and urban agriculture into its city planning process. Read More
A safer, less atomized downtown Winnipeg
Downtown Winnipeg is unsafe in some places and at some times. This is and always will be a rough town. But it's one where it's still possible to learn to live together and share the same spaces again. Read More
Reducing, reusing, and recycling in Regina
Beginning July 1, citizens of Regina will begin paying (forced to pay) $91 per year for curbside recycling, even if they don't want to. Read More
When old neighbourhoods need to grow up
The irony is that the physical character of cherished central neighbourhoods are very much the expression of a lack of planning and the organic transition toward more compact forms between 1900 and 1930. Read More
Winnipeg doesn’t need a bigger convention centre
To the boosters and shills, the hope of an expanded convention centre as an economic catalyst is a quixotic faith in megaprojects. Read More
The Walterdale Bridge: A makeshift memorial to Edmonton’s colonial past?
While demolition of the old bridge might represent a break from Edmonton’s industrial past in exchange for a more refined future, dispensing with the past is not a simple matter. Read More
Portage Place: Too little; too much
If the troglodytes in the comment sections of local news sites are correct, the Imax Theatre at Portage Place is closing its doors because roving bands of knife-wielding panhandlers are routinely mugging potential customers in the streets below. Read More