An Edmonton business still has a chance to modify its licence from selling cannabis-related merchandise to cannabis itself, after an Alberta judge granted an appeal in its favour.

The operator of a bar in Forest Heights wants to open a deli and coffee shop next door but the city won't grant a development permit because of 'insufficient parking."

"There's 15,000 employees and as long as employees are doing it off-duty, everybody understands that. But someone that is the chair of SDAB? That's huge."

The subdivision and development appeal board has sided with the Hope Mission — and against local businesses — by agreeing to a proposed redevelopment the Herb Jamieson Centre into a new homeless shelter for 400 individuals.

The plan for the family-owned child care centre in an old church in the area of 125 Street and 110 Avenue outlines space for up to 120 kids. Concerns cited by residents include a lack of parking, an increase in traffic and noise.

It's a rather innocuous development in downtown Edmonton, but a new surface parking lot at 99 Avenue and 104 Street has some city centre residents concerned about a precedent it may set.