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After today, how can he stay? Mack is like one of the zombies now strolling aimlessly in The Walking Dead.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/real-estate/Competitive+rental+market+about+tougher+with+post+secondary+students+coming/8760625/story.html

Give us your take on the GTA, Bluto as we've heard fromme in Calgary & TBurg on the West Coast.

I had a chance to move out from Calgary to Vancouver in 1993. I actually got a job offer from then BC Tel (now Telus). I decided to check out the housing prices on the Lower Mainland & was absolutely shocked so I ended up turning it down & staying put. With 2 kids & the house we owned here at the time, no way were my wife & I going to go from owning a house in Calgary to a rental situation out there. Having said that, Vancouver is a beautiful place.

If Buchko did leak this,as one of the media tweated then he should be fired as well. What an embarassment.

Think so? I never got that sense. Nobody wants Hank back but I know especially after what Tate said yesterday that they don't want him as the #1 qb either. He disappointed a lot of people.

Signed Henry Burris as a FA from Sask. Signed Jermaine Copeland as a FA from Montreal.

The way he left the Stamps. Argos were fined for tampering such that it was.

Didn't I say he was out there? A little strange. Not the guy fans want to lead this team in the future. This is typical Drew Tate. Saying something dumb like that to the media just diminishes him as a qb who people have confidence in to be "The Guy" for the next 5-8 years.

At times like this, I wish we were privately owned....

I think if he did that it would probably prevent him working somewhere else as football is a closed community & word gets around. Plus mack has been a football man his entire working life so why jeopardize a life's work? EVERYBODY has been fired in football. They all get it. Close the door one place & open it somewhere else.

Nah, just beating the drum. Saw the guy's work first hand here in Calgary. When I see some of the names people are throwing out with no experience, I just shake my head as we have gone down the same road so may times before & we're still lost as a team.

In Calgary, he was GM & HC & did a very good job handling both. Higgins is one of the few people out there who could do both jobs well because he finds excellent assistants & lets them do their jobs. And he knows all 3 facets of the game very well. There'd be none of this, "I don't know offense" crap coming from him. He's not a control freak but at the same time, he's the boss. He trusts the people he hires will do their jobs. Like I said, watching him turn the Stamps around so quickly from a disaster in 2004 to a second place team in the West in 2005 was impressive.

Now THAT is funny!

Terry, how do people afford homes in the Lower Mainland with prices so high?

Higgins misses the sidelines. He took the Head of Ref job with the CFL to stay close to the game. If the position becomes available, he'll go after it. Especially as GM.

Jones is loyal to no one but himself.

Higgins. Belichek??? WTH?

This is the problem with a publicly owned team & a Board with someone who can't keep his mouth shut. A private owner would just fire the guy & be done with it. Not have someone leak it to the media that Mack's gone next Tuesday. One of three things is going to happen now, the BOD get cold feet & don't fire him, two, they fire him in an emergency meeting before Tuesday or they ride it out & do it then. I'll be glad when Mack is gone but this seems so heartless. Even I have feelings for the man & how bush league this is. The best thing to do, if they are going to fire him (now that is has gone public) is have a conference call today & get it done. And yeah, remove the snake from the Board who talked to Lawless. Inexcusable.

I said it once & I will say it again... Screw frigging Ottawa. They're going to have the best of both worlds. First poaching some good players from every team & then... free agency. Chances are pretty good they won't be close to the salary cap at that time & will be able to then poach free agents that other teams won't be able to sign because of the the SMS.

Agree with you, Mike.

Country is big here but to be honest, I was never into country & I don't find it rammed down my throat. There are good country bars & good rock bars, jazz, etc. here in Calgary. I have always found the people here to be stand offish. Not easy to make friends. People are career oriented & the pace of life here is much faster than Winnipeg. Housing & rent is much pricier than Winnipeg. Not just a little & if you were going to own a home here without a second income it'll be tough. Like i said, unless you make big bucks. But lots of job opportunities here so come out, check things out & go from there.

LOL! Nah, he was a weird dude before he cut his hair & after. You have to live here in Calgary to appreciate it as we see him being interviewed on local tv to understand. Just doesn't portray the look & feel of a guy who can be a long term winner. He's kinda out there....

Always the best to come check things out to get a feel for Calgary. I was an insurance adjuster from Winnipeg, working in Thompson when I had a chance to come to Calgary in 1990 & work for a company here in claims. Housing prices & the size of the two cities were similar back then. Houses back then were about 40-$50,000 more here than in Winnipeg. We bought our first home here in Calgary in 1990. Tweleve hundred sq ft bungalow for $120,000. The city has been good to us. But we got here a decade before the last big boom.

I can only give you the perspective of living in Calgary the past 23 years. There used to be a feeling of independence, we can get it done kind of feeling when I first got here. During the Klein Years we slew the debt & we felt anything was possible. Then Klein quit & we repalced him with 2 Red Tories in succession as Premier & we're on track to wrack up $15 to $20 billion in debt. Taxes will go up, services have & will be cut. Our government is a mess. People now think that government should take care of them more now in contrast than in the early 90's. There isn't the pride there used to be living here & times have changed. As far as the city goes, it has a metropolitan population of 1.3 million & growing fast. The skyline is amazing & due for a change as three new skyscrapers are due to be built in the next 3 years. Calgary is not as country as you think, except at Stampede time. Decent restaurants but not on par with Winnipeg, especially no Bridge Drive Inn. Some people love the mountains but I miss the lakes. Housing is expensive & almost out of reach of young couples. Rental vacancies are at nearly zero. With university & colleges starting up in a month & the floods, apartments are at a premium & rents are expected to skyrocket. There was a story in the Calgary Herald last week about the growing housing & rental crunch that is coming. You'll find a big difference with private insurance. If you've got a speeding ticket every year for the last 3, your insurance premiums will surely cost more. I don't know your age but if you're under 25, you may get sticker shock. My 22 year old pays over four grand a year for insurance on his 2003 Explorer. My advice to you is that living out here isn't cheap. Unless you know you're making a ton of money you'd be better off staying where you are. If I could come back to Winnipeg, I would. But my life is here now as we've been gone too long. My wife & i have jobs, a mortgage, my oldest son lives here who just got married.