Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Monday, February 9, 2026

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Vancouver, Burnaby and NW

Why People Hate Living in Vancouver (and want to move away) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzyITR89-3s 

Vancouver, Burnaby and NW is the city, although they are 3 separate municipalities. 

Burnaby, BC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqB1UXuXclc&t=265s

The BRUTAL TRUTH about Living in Washington State

Washington's Dark Side Exposed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrhL0ih2XcI 

A cold, crappy dark and damp fall and winter is common. It's almost as bad as Vancouver, Canada. However, it's important to point out that Seattle and Vancouver never froze over like Minneapolis and Winnipeg, Chicago and Toronto, NYC and Montreal, Boston and Halifax. 


Is Canada No Longer A Country? Is it Just A Failed Experiment?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd1uwnBVp1o  

People are leaving Toronto and Vancouver in record numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Jh0EymI_A&t=103s  

In 2025, over 120,000 citizens and permanent residents left Canada for good—and early data shows this "Great Exodus" is only accelerating in 2026. From the housing crisis to stagnant wages, the reasons are clear, but the real question is: Where is everyone going? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDvV6v3YV-E

A very cold, crappy winter in Toronto, or perpetual cold, dreary dampness in Vancouver, is too much for some people to endure anymore.

Friday, February 6, 2026

Timelapse of the Skytrain-Canada Line from Richmond to the Vancouver Waterfront

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqfSzQpoFc  

How this new railway will reshape Auckland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpcMBDeZo7Y Of course Auckland can eventually have 9 car trains, because they aren't like backwards Vancouver is.

REM and Metro in Montreal

The REM vs. Reality: Does Montreal's new train meet expectations? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq1xpxOt7FM&t=596s 

Montreal’s Biggest REM Expansion Yet! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1oeIAfxDU&t=12s  

How Montreal’s miracle metro could change everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlHqqA0onn0  

Evolution of the Montreal Metro & REM 1966-2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvOk2t1EpE

Why Kelowna Is the Opposite of Every Other Canadian City

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D42cmFfmI84 

Kelowna has over $1 BILLION in major projects either already underway or recently approved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLv1AN6Hlwg

Thursday, February 5, 2026

SF and Seattle, etc.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyMIhry1M8 

The SF and Boston land area can almost both fit into Seattle. However, the SF Bay Area and Greater Boston still have a lot more people than the Seattle-Tacoma Area.

Unfortunatly, growing poverty and substance abuse, combined with more job losses makes for a tougher situation, overall.

Seattle's Economic slide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxB8-RotFIU 

 Massive layoffs hit Seattle tech companies as city struggles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLvbQGr0Xmg

Seattle’s Downtown Isn’t Coming Back the Same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLRMYCSm1Cs

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

North Shore of Greater Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)

Is North Vancouver the most livable city in Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX89qkSRBvg 

https://www.vancouversnorthshore.com 

Unfortunatly, there still isn't a commuter train from the airport to the H Bay ferry terminal. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_(Greater_Vancouver)#Access 

There isn't even a train tunnel or a bus bridge between Downtown_Vancouver and the North Shore. Inept regional planning has been very slow to build rapid rail transit, or even a proper rapid bus bridge over the Inlet. An inadequate 3 lane Lion Bridge is so narrow that some people have living rooms or swimming pools wider than it. The 6 lane Iron Bridge that's so narrow, there isn't enough room for emergency lanes and no space for HOV lanes. Any attempt of a rapid bus will still have to be funneled into the inadequate single deck crossing. 

Monday, February 2, 2026

L.A. Metro approves underground Sepulveda Transit Corridor

 https://tunnellingjournal.com/metro-approves-underground-sepulveda-transit-corridor 

https://stc-lametro.hub.arcgis.com/pages/fc2a940c6cd94d1db7e51ed73c34cd9b

https://stc-lametro.hub.arcgis.com/pages/alternatives2 

https://www.meridiam.com/news/meridiam-and-partners-selected-to-develop-locally-preferred-alternative-for-la-metros-sepulveda-transit-corridor-project/ 

https://www.sepulvedatransit.com/

Vancouver International Airport achieves all-time historic annual record of 26.9 million passengers in 2025

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-airport-yvr-all-time-passenger-record-2025-statistics

Seattle's Economic SUICIDE: 16K Layoffs Meet Millionaire Tax Push

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxB8-RotFIU&t=128s 

If income tax was abolished and a 10% common tax was put in its place, things would be more balanced. Whether a person made 30K a year, or 300K annually, they would still pay a 10% tax on just about everything. Whether a person makes 10 million a year, or a corporation makes 100 million a year, everyone just pays a 5% & 5% common tax for local and federal rates. 

Right now, huge corporations can get away with paying little to no taxes in some cases. 

Golden Ears Bridge access road to be widened by TransLink

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/golden-ears-way-widening-maple-ridge-translink

Regular Canada Line service resumes after stalled train causes long delays

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-line-stalled-train-vancouver

Any Potential of Reviving the 10-lane George Massey bridge project remains inconclusive

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/george-massey-bridge-replacement-ian-black-bc-conservatives 

Even if the tunnel crossing was expanded decades ago, there would still need to be a 21st century bridge in the area. 

Premier Wab Kinew to visit Churchill amid port expansion talks

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/premier-wab-kinew-to-visit-churchill-amid-port-expansion-talks/ 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/port-of-churchill-energy-company-infrastructure-wab-kinew-9.7067291 

https://www.arcticgateway.com/port-of-churchill 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Bay_Railway_(1997)

There is a lot of potential for the Port_of_Churchill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Churchill#Climate 

https://www.nsnews.com/the-mix/major-energy-company-taking-a-look-at-northern-manitoba-port-kinew-11810146

NeeStaNan Corridor Project

 https://boereport.com/2024/02/28/neestanan-corridor-project-announcement/

https://indigenomics.com/proposed-utility-corridor-revealed-at-indigenous-economic-conference/

https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=60135

https://neestanan.ca 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nestanan-fox-lake-natural-gas-port-nelson-hudson-bay-1.7582120 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/port-of-churchill-upgrades-2025-1.7585649