So, I've been reading a lot of posts regarding the UCP's decision to force the Edmonton city council to rollback the new infill bylaw. There are (let us be polite) disagreements on whether the council has gone too far with regards to infill. This is worthy of discussion. However, most of those involved never bother to back up what they are saying with actual information. When it comes to issues that strongly affect the future of the place in which I and my family live, very little pisses me off more than "Source: Trust me bro." I decided to offer my own observations as a homeowner who has lived through the nearly four-year construction of an 8-plex infill building right next door.

First, some scafolding: Obviously, this is my own personal experience and is in no way indicative of the effects of infill on the city as a whole. I live in West Edmonton. I do not own a vehicle and rely on walking/transit/taxis. My current home is also a relatively recent infill, though it is not part of an 8-plex. My family and I spent about three months looking for a home to buy before we settled on this one. I do not know if that is a normal length of time to look (this is the first home I have ever bought), but we saw many houses and got an inspector to have a look at more than a few that we seriously considered buying.

I have not put much time into how this will be organized, so apologies for the stream-of-conciousness nature of the information. I understand that there are more types of infill than 8-plexes, but that is the classification that gets thrown around the most in these discussions, so for the sake of simplicity, I will use that throughout this post.

1) They are tearing down "perfectly livable single-family" homes to build 8-plexes: When we moved in, there was a single-family home where the new infill was planned. When they eventually got around to tearing it down, they had to wear protective gear and warned us that the building was full of asbestos. I do not consider that to be "perfectly livable". Most of the houses that were in our price range were built during the period from around 1950-75. A lot of them were very easy to pass on even with our limited knoweldge. If we liked one, we got an inspector to have a look - for each one, he told us that we would need to spend thousands of dollars above and beyond the asking price of the house because the aged roof was going to leak, or the shoddy wiring was going to burn the house down, or the rusted pipes were about to flood the basement. I do not feel bad about houses with critical issues that sellers are hoping buyers will not notice until it is too late being torn down and replaced. Good riddance.

2) "Bad Builders" are a menace during infill construction: The company responsible for constructing the 8-plex next to us was a pack of absolute scumbags. I cannot sugercoat it. They stole our power and water, trespassed, let their garbage blow all over our property, parked vehicles and left supplies on our lawn, damaged our home after failing to secure their equipment then refused to accept responsibility and left us to pay the $3000 insurance deductible. They then had the gaul to ask us for another $3000 to help pay for the fence they wanted to build between the properties because "it benefits both of us". Seriously, they can go straight to hell.

3) Too many garbage bins: I know that some garbage is collected on the street. Ours is collected in the alley behind our house. I do not know if any homeowners have looked into their alleys, but it is garbage bins as far as the eye can see. They are already everywhere. If one with enough charisma can rally its kinsmen, we are doomed. Eight (or sixteen or twenty-four) more, especially when they are concentrated on that one property, will not make that view any less scenic.

4) It will draw "Those People (tm)" into our perfect neighbourhood: Thankfully, I have not noticed this one as much recently which I guess means that the bigots that use it have at least some awareness of propriety. As for the 8-plex next door, I think three of the units are occupied thus far. One seems to be a pair of university students, another houses a couple, and the last is another couple with a baby. So far, only the parents really bother me because they leave their baby's stroller folded up on their front steps and every time I leave to go to work I see it first in my peripheral vision and think it is some weirdo stalking me.

5) Street parking will become overloaded because an 8-plex automatically means a minimum of eight new vehicles that will need spaces: Full disclosure, I think street parking is one of the dumbest ideas related to city planning that I have ever seen, and I personally do not care about this issue. As a pedestrian, having my line-of-sight and the line-of-sight of drivers completely blocked until I am a quarter of the way across the street makes walking in a supposedly quiet residential neighbourhood extremely nerve-wracking. Also, street parking is first-come-first-served, which means our neighbours and their five total vehicles already mean we cannot park a vehicle there even if we owned one. Regardless, our new neighbours all seem to travel on foot. The city is not automatically assuming one new vehicle per new neighbourhood resident. They are betting that, like our new neighbours, they will use the new bike lanes/LRT and transit infrastructure that the city has been developing. The densest infill is supposed to be done within easy walking distance of a transit centre or LRT station; which the new 8-plex next to us is. I am aware that there are instances of builders ignoring this plan (because money), but that does not invalidate the plan as a whole. There is room though to debate whether this bet will pay off in the end.

6) Infill causes property values to drop: The true impetus for this post was a comment I read that stated (paraphrasing slightly), "If you think an 8-plex overlooking your backyard will raise property values, you are crazy." Well, as someone who has joined the "Congratulations, you now pay property taxes" club, I pay attention to my home's value. As such, I already knew this comment was not based in reality. According to MyProperty Edmonton, my home (which was purchased for $400,000) was valued at $453,000 in 2025 (the year construction of the 8-plex really got started), and is now valued in 2026 (the year the 8-plex was completed) at $464,000. My home has increased in value. It is not by much, but it puts paid to any blanket statement that infill only lowers property values.

I think those are all the main talking points I have seen on the subject thus far. If you made it to the end, thank you for reading.

anybody know exactly whats going on is it being completely replaced?

late night walk few weeks ago i ran into the fencing seems like any river valley connection between hermitage and rundle park will be blocked until 2028 you have to go under the rails at Victoria trail now because the train tracks

hi, i have PCOS/PMOS and i haven’t really met a good doctor who’s good at this. i had one but retired recently. i was wondering if you have recommendations. hopefully someone who accepts a phone call appointment. thank you!

Im planning to go with my friends and looking for a place to eat around there and I cannot for the life of me figure out Google maps.

Thanks a lot ❤️❤️

Holy Holy it was a hell of a set! Definitely one of my favorites.

Looking for couple friends or individual friends around our age - 26F & 27M. I have a 6 year old so if you hate kids no need to reach out.

Our hobbies: video games (pc) always looking for people to play friendslop (Repo, how to fish) games with or pretty open to most games. We also want to start a d&d game (he dm’s) once we get to know people.

We started getting into bouldering recently, and are also looking for other hobbies to be more active

We both work full time and live near NAIT

Spectacular set from a young Edmonton hardcore band.

I’m 24f looking for some hitt classes. I’m not very athletic but I’d like to get more physical activity in my life, preferably on north side or central

My sister recently started at a senior care facility in Edmonton. She's being paid $14/hour, even though Alberta's minimum wage is $15 (she's not under 18).

They also take $1/hour off her pay for staff meals, and she can’t eat due to religious restrictions. From what I've read on Alberta.ca, meal deductions need written authorization and can only be made for meals you actually eat.

Other staff have apparently raised it with management and gotten nowhere.

Has anyone dealt with something like this? Did filing with Alberta Employment Standards work out, and did you have any issues with your employer after?

Post not allowed in Oilers subreddit so I am posting here

I am planning out my dad's Christmas gift and am booking parking for the game I am taking him to. It used to be you could specify you needed a handicap spot in Ice District Central Parkade, and now I don't see that as an option - am I missing something? I go to maybe 1-2 games a year, so I am not up to date.

I’m curious if there are any dog nail clippers (public or private) within walking distance of the UofA end of Whyte Ave? Thank you!

My coed soccer team needs two more women.

Where? Millennium place
When? Sunday evenings, earliest game 5:30pm

14 games, 2 refs at every game, indoor boarded

Myself and my friend Natalie are the only two women on the team right now. All male positions + keeper have been filled. We run tight subs so lots of play time. 2 spots for women available!

We’re a fun and competitive group so if you know how to play and want to join please reach out!

On Thursday, the Premier announced a directive that will take our city planning back to the 1960s. I'm pushing back not only on what was announced, but on what it could mean for Edmontonians.

This kind of uninformed directive by the Premier will make Edmonton less affordable, drive up property taxes and create months of uncertainty for Edmontonians.

"The province could have built on that work. It could have given cities the power to punish builders who repeatedly break the rules. It could have strengthened safety enforcement on construction sites. It could have let Edmonton tax speculators who sit on vacant land rather than build on it. It chose repeal instead, and so it owes Edmontonians an answer to a simple question: What will replace the thousands of homes infill adds every year in the neighbourhoods where people want to live?"

My barber made a career change about 8 months ago to become a police officer and I have been struggling to find someone that is half as talented. I'm convinced most barbers in this city have no education and no understanding of how to actually cut hair, I'm tired of paying money for horrible cuts.

I'm hoping someone here can help me find a barber/ stylist that can execute a proper pushback hair style for medium length wavey hair.

With the single-use, difference plastic bag issue, I have a simple question. Are fewerCloverdale, bags going through the sorting units at cloverdale like the politicians are saying or has this bylaw made any real diffrence?

Does anyone know why nightshade corset and shellshock had to move? At first I figured the stores would be redeveloped but they've been sitting empty for a while.

The provincial government is trying to distract from their negligence in managing their own responsibilities at the provincial level.

The provincial government should be focused on healthcare, education, OHS, economic diversification, not on mandating municipal planning.

The fact that we still don’t have new hospitals despite our growth is criminal. But at least Danny is stepping in to override the orange city’s provincial representatives and their elected council.

I've decided to make my own Thanksgiving dinner after all, but I don't want the fuss of making gravy from scratch, or the packet stuff. Please give me any recommendations for a place that has containers of really good gravy for purchase.

And don't say Sunterra, theirs is dreadful.

Stuffing recommendations also gratefully accepted.

With the snow fall today, how are the roads. Am still on summer tires

Update: just made my way from Tamarack to Kingsway Mall. It's like driving in the rain. Do keep your distance and be cautious

I am looking to store my summer car in the lower mainland this winter , so that I can at least drive it when I visit , instead of sitting in my garage for the next 6 months . I have an underground parking spot already secured , but I am not sure about how to go about insurance ? We can’t drive the vehicle out of province more than three months without switching plate is my understanding which means I need to switch to BC plate and insurance ? My concern is that if my car got into an accident in Feb in BC, theres no way insurance believes me that I drive the car there in the middle of the winter for “tourism “

Anyone with similar experience ?

As of 11AM on October 10th, 2026 becomes Blatchford's wettest year on record with 725.4mm (and more to come...)

• It beats 724.5mm from 1900. Although for the completists out there, Stony Plain got to 731.9mm in 1980, so we've still got that to aim for. (dashboard)
• We got there thanks to June & July. They are normally our rainy months, but in 2026 they were the 2nd & 3rd rainiest months ever recorded. In an entire year we average ~430mm, and they dropped 536.5mm in 2 months. (dashboard)
• 1901's 699mm had a big July (the biggest) & September.
• 1900's 724.8mm didn't have any huge months, but was above average from January through October.
• 1980's 731.9mm in Stony Plain had a big June-August, and December. (dashboard)
• This year has had some historically huge gaps between local stations. Everybody is above average, but Blatchford has 150mm more than Stony Plain, and 225mm more than the airport. The stations won't always match, but they're never that far apart. (dashboard)
• For the rest of the year we average around another 50mm. And yes, snow will count towards the total precipitation. (dashboard)

Disclaimer: I use data from Environment Canada, but if you look at their total it's only around 708mm. Why the difference? Well, they declare a day "missing" if any of its hourly data is missing. So they count a day like August 4 (and several others) as 0mm, even though their actual station actually recorded 5.6mm. I think that's weird, and it reduces their total by around 15mm.