David Staples: It's best to dream small with former Coliseum site

When it comes to the redevelopment of the old Northlands Coliseum site, I think I’ve got a case of post-Blatchford stress disorder.
At the much-delayed Blatchford redevelopment, the city is acting as the developer of the former downtown airport. The city hopes to build a net-zero greentopia, but one that will likely take hundreds of millions of dollars in government investment to be fully realized, if it ever is, and that’s far from a sure thing.
I’ve sat through many years of