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nah
it was legit

i think it was $10 cover and then penny drinks

also there was many 25 cent draft night

this was all in the early 2000s
 
worm said:
nah
it was legit

i think it was $10 cover and then penny drinks

also there was many 25 cent draft night

this was all in the early 2000s
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I guess that'd would've been in Alberta?

Ontario is way too puritanical about alcohol to ever have allowed that to happen in recent memory.
 
LeafGm said:
I guess that'd would've been in Alberta?

Ontario is way too puritanical about alcohol to ever have allowed that to happen in recent memory.
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Ya. Lethbridge, Alberta.

Think they made it illegal shortly after I moved to Edmonton. So like 2008ish

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I remember back in Uni the campus bar had like 9$ Friday afternoon pitchers. But then by my 3rd or 4th year the government raised the min pitcher price so it went to like 12 bucks after that. That was about as cheap as it got for drinking out.
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-federal-court-appeals-1.4804495

Looks like the supreme court just killed off the trans mountain pipeline.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-federal-court-appeals-1.4804495

In the decision released Thursday, and written by Justice Eleanor Dawson, the court found the National Energy Board's assessment of the project was so flawed that it should not have been relied on by the federal cabinet when it gave final approval to proceed in November 2016.

The certificate approving construction and operation of the project has been nullified, leaving the project in legal limbo until the energy regulator and the government reassess their approvals to satisfy the court's demands.

In effect, the court has halted construction of the 1,150-kilometre project indefinitely.
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Trudeau's year could hardly get any worst.

Keystone pipeline is facing delays as well.
 
At least this decision isn't final, but it's still definitely un-Good for Trudeau.

Thus far he hasn't had any more success than Harper did on getting any pipelines built, and that's while spending $4.5B in taxpayer dollars trying to get it done.
 
does anyone really, truly care about these pipelines, other than the oil companies and the people whose land it goes through?
 
zeke said:
does anyone really, truly care about these pipelines, other than the oil companies and the people whose land it goes through?
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Alberta and Saskatchewan really care, those in the energy industry really care, first nations who have signed on as partners really care, blue collar workers really care, the federal government who can really really use the oil and gas royalties from increased exports of Canadian natural resources probably cares a lot.
Fifty-six per cent of respondents say they support the expansion of the pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s coast, while 24 per cent of respondents oppose it. Twenty per cent of Canadians aren’t sure whether or not they should support it.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/4180482/...trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-ipsos-poll/

The Liberals also sold themselves as the ones who could balance the environment and the economy, and considering how they may not be able to get a pipeline built or get every province to put in a carbon tax, they are failing on both fronts. That, and they bought a pipeline for 4.5 billion dollars and now cannot build it.
 
Wayward DP said:
yes. environmental folks care a LOT. I know cause I cohabit with one.
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Yep. And on the flip-side of the coin, I suspect that oil industry workers and Albertans in general also care a whole lot about it.

So on the upside for Trudeau, I'd bet that the percentage of oil workers and Albertans who'd be willing to vote for him even if he did get a pipeline built would be pretty minuscule.

On the down-side, it'll be tough on all sides if Trudeau goes into the next election having spent $4.5B buying a pipeline that can't be built.
 
According to some people, the ruling isn't quite a DOA type of ruling. Just says that they failed to consult enough, so they could go in for another round of consultation and push again on it. Definitely a setback, but we'll see if they can find a way to push through.
 
UWHabs said:
According to some people, the ruling isn't quite a DOA type of ruling. Just says that they failed to consult enough, so they could go in for another round of consultation and push again on it. Definitely a setback, but we'll see if they can find a way to push through.
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They also threw out the National Energy Board environmental assessment.

So now they need to do that again, probably from scratch, and consult with first nations, while isn't going to be a timely exercise.
 
Altair said:
Alberta and Saskatchewan really care, those in the energy industry really care, first nations who have signed on as partners really care, blue collar workers really care, the federal government who can really really use the oil and gas royalties from increased exports of Canadian natural resources probably cares a lot.
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meh.

when's the last time oil pipelines came up in a conversation, except as explicitly a political point?
 
zeke said:
does she want oil transported by train instead?
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Yeah, that's what I don't get from the environmental groups. Well, I mean, I understand from them, but you have to know that we're not just going to turn off the taps of the oilsands overnight. Yes, we should dial it down over time so that we can eventually shut it off, but in the meantime, how do you want it shipped? The government should come out with more of a "we'll build these pipelines, but that's it. We will never build another, as we expect the oil industry to be finished in 20-40 years."
 
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