OT: Sutherland Hotel burns to the ground.

[TheDeuce]

I don't know what the solution is but at least we know what it isn't:

 

[ps241]

This is not a just a WINNIPEG thing in case people here are wondering.

A good friend of mine sits on an urban district improvement council in our city and he attends North American conventions on strategies to elevate urban areas. Almost every city big and small in North is dealing with this crisis and yea its trajectory is similar everywhere. If you think it’s because of our demographics then think again. It’s ravaging inner cities with completely different demographic mixes than ours.

Enemies:

Addiction
Mental health crisis
Opioid meth crack cheaper more lethal
Housing insecurity

The question I ask myself is am I a spectator watching, complaining, and booing or am I a player in the game trying to help.

 

[Jets4Life]

This is not a just a WINNIPEG thing in case people here are wondering.

A good friend of mine sits on an urban district improvement council in our city and he attends North American conventions on strategies to elevate urban areas. Almost every city big and small in North is dealing with this crisis and yea its trajectory is similar everywhere. If you think it’s because of our demographics then think again. It’s ravaging inner cities with completely different demographic mixes than ours.

Enemies:

Addiction
Mental health crisis
Opioid meth crack cheaper more lethal
Housing insecurity

The question I ask myself is am I a spectator watching, complaining, and booing or am I a player in the game trying to help.

I can tell you that the homeless problem is far worse in cities like Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. Edmonton, in particular is downright scary now, if one were a few blocks east of where the Oilers play.. With the provincial Government they have right now, I have no doubt the problem is going to get much worse.

 

[Al Camino]

I work downtown Winnipeg for the past 28 years. That area has become significantly (to my old eyes) worse, especially since Covid.

I appreciate your optimism, and I too wish to see that lengthy stretch be revitalized - but realistically, really don't at all see it happening. And hey, a "safe" injection site is opening right in that area too quite soon. Ask BC how that has worked out for the challenged section of the population who use locations like that and the surrounding dis-advantaged population residing there.....


This is accurate.

I am sure the insurance companies holding the coverage on these structures will be doing some extra digging to find the cause of loss.

I thought I read there was no coverage on the hotel. But I could be very wrong. Either way I hope people will quit burning buildings down.