Steve_

Empire co. aka Foodland, Price Chopper. Personally I find them to be more expensive than Loblaws (aka Canadian Superstore, etc.)

Most of the shops in the McKenzie Towne area are on 130 Ave. SE, which is a fair walk when it's really cold.

beautiful050278

Hi Cheeky_monkey, just wondered if you ever fancied meeting up. We are in Auburn Bay

rwin

I'm not sure you'd hear any more sirens or weekend riff raff downtown then a lot of other neighbourhoods. It tends to clear out at 5pm so the nights would be relatively quiet (compared to living along Macleod Trail or other busy routes).

There isn't too much for grocery shopping in the core but a short train ride across the river gets you to Kensington where there is a Safeway (right beside the train station). Just south of downtown in the Beltline area is another Safeway and a Co-op. I have heard there is another supermarket going in at the other end of the beltline near Macleod Tr. and 10th (Sunterra I think).

Shard

Yes Calgary downtown is a ghost town in the evenings. Everyone's back in their suburban palaces.

OP, if you go out to the prairies, get your drivers licence sorted or you will be on here in several months time complaining that there's nothing to do or no one invites you over. In Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and you say Ottawa, you can manage without a car, just as you can in Europe, but it's not like that everywhere.

SambaDeAmigo

If you ever decide to get your license in Alberta, the app in my signature will help you

AncientMariner

Thanks Samba. I would be doing that asap. In Ontario, once you get a learners licence, you have to pass a min of 8 months before you can take a road test. I have already spent 6 months of wait period. Do you know if its the same in Alberta and if I can my Ontario learners transferred over to an Alberta one?

AncientMariner

True. Ottawa has a very good public transport system and there is an entire rapid transit system of freeways solely for buses.

Guess 302 BRT would do it for now till I get a driving licence and get on the road.

cheeky_monkey

If you are blonde 5' 10 single and under 30 im sure we could sort something out

Beaverquest

let me guess, she lives alone has a lot of cats
therefore spending heaps of time dicking about on buses and hanging out at bus stops, is a welcome espcape from the daily routine

transit system is a joke, outside of rush hour

try going for a night out and getting the bus home (in winter)

Flossie and Jim

Nope - partner and young kid so it can be a bit of a bind trying to get to stuff when the whole family has to go off peak!

AncientMariner

Cheeky Monkey, Have you seen any ppl waiting at Mckenzie towne bus terminal in the morning? Is it a covered bus stop? Guess I dont want to be the only one standing there frozen stiff.

cheeky_monkey

i drive, i dont stand around in the cold with the local scum bags...you must think im crazy..having said that there is a kind of a park and ride in Mckenzie with covered stops.

Almost Canadian

I take public transport to work each day. Am I a local scum bag?

cheeky_monkey

i dont know about local?

Almost Canadian

Thank you. Please explain what it is about those that take public transport that makes them scum bags, local or not.