a group of hopping mad local business owners claim that the lack of street parking will make shopping a nightmare for car-bound customers and will cause problems for people with mobility issues.
I've not known anyone to be bound to their car. Also, isn't transit much more friendly to those with mobility issues than a car would be?
Yes, I meant in a way that prioritizes monetary gain. Improving property for ones own enjoyment is totally fine. Homes should not be thought of a good monetary investment vehicle, though. In fact, they usually aren't when all costs are properly factored in.
His lack of integrity is on full display. Campaigning to "vote for change", not accepting the change his constituents voted for, then clearly taking advantage of taxpayer funded housing really just shows the true colours of both him and the CPC.
It's quite interesting how American's have always been about their government's "checks and balances" to prevent tyranny, but all it took was one person who was fine with saying, "fuck your checks and balances" to effectively create a dictatorship, and the whole government is left blabbering, "you can't do that" with no mechanism to actually do anything meaningful to remove the tyrant.
Like, I'm sure there were "checks and balances" in place for employing directors of these various governments offices, so it's almost comical that a President can just fire anyone who doesn't agree with him. I suppose it's not surprising for a country with very little worker protections, though.
This is fairly common in older cities. Combined sanitary and storm sewers were the norm not too long ago, and separating them, especially in a very flat place, isn't easy.
It should be understood that these events are fairly infrequent and only happen when the combined sewer system is overwhelmed by an intense storm. By the nature of these sewers, the discharge is quite diluted if an overflow happens, and it's not someone just opening a valve and letting pure sewage run into the river.
The city has come a very long way in separating the systems since that 1992 letter that is referenced. Installing a new storm sewer can be quite complicated and require some creative engineering with the constraints of existing infrastructure and property, and only limited elevation to work with. For systems not yet separated, there are control weirs and sometimes huge pumping systems to help pump stormwater to decrease the chance of discharge.
It's easy to construe this as deliberate sewage discharge to skirt regulation or save on treatment or something, but it's a very complex issue and the city is doing what they can with the money they have. Perhaps more urgency is needed, but that bill would be put on the residents of Winnipeg. At the moment, the bigger impact on reducing nutrient load is upgrades to the NE Treatment plant, as the article mentions. I'm sure residents would prefer their tax dollars spent on the most effective measures.
I would also argue the bridge is ever changing as well. It has different vehicles crossing it, every tire wears the surface, the materials expand and contract with temperature, the structure weathers continuously.
Just because one doesn't notice, doesn't mean something doesn't change.
Philosophically, it really all boils down to the only thing that exists is the present. The past doesn't exist, the future doesn't exist. The only thing that is real is what is happening in this very moment.
The river is not the same as when you crossed it this morning, neither is the bridge. It is only as it exists now, and it will never exist in this same way at any other time.
The metaphor is that the river is always changing. The water is different water, and the water is continuously shaping the earth around and beneath it.
Just as you will never cross the same river twice, you, and those around you, are ever changing. You are a completely different person in a completely different world than existed that 17 years ago.
I've not known anyone to be bound to their car. Also, isn't transit much more friendly to those with mobility issues than a car would be?