Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Truth and Reconciliation

• News release: City and EPS to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Driver Shortage

• Driver shortage causing yellow bus delays for Edmonton schools

Election Signs

• Federal races overshadowing municipal ones, Edmonton election watchers say

Nominations Closing

• PSA: Reminders about running and voting in the Edmonton Election

Vaccines and Masks

• City of Edmonton Vaccination Results
• Not enough City of Edmonton employees fully vaccinated: Iveson
• Edmonton city council to look at granting exemptions to mask bylaw
• Amended Edmonton bylaw clarifies masking use for performers, places of worship

Vaccine Passports

• News release: New vaccine requirements and COVID-19 measures in Alberta
• Local mayors lament letter advocating for vaccine passport in the Edmonton region
• Alberta's 'open for summer' plan set trajectory of COVID's 4th wave, Hinshaw now says
• Alberta introducing printable COVID-19 vaccination card
• 74 per cent of Edmontonians, Calgarians support vaccine passports: survey

15 Minute City

• City aims for Edmontonians to 'live more locally' with 15-minute districts

Election Rundown

• Municipal election rundown: Sept. 15, 2021
• Mayoral candidates asked to remove supervised injection sites 'out of Chinatown'
• Mayor Don Iveson endorses Ben Henderson
• Three tight federal election races coming down to the wire in Edmonton, Iveson endorses council colleague Ben Henderson in Mill Woods riding

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