Speaking Municipally

Emergency Managed


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An emergency management committee meeting was punctuated with an actual emergency at City Hall. Plus, several things are on the way out: the downtown farmers market, the name "Oliver", and Adam Laughlin.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:


City Hall Incident

  • 'Heavily armed' man arrested after shots fired, Molotov cocktail thrown in Edmonton city hall
  • 'Heavily armed' suspect acted alone in Edmonton City Hall shooting: police
  • City Hall shooter charged
  • Police charge man after attack on Edmonton city hall
  • Stories of bravery emerging after Edmonton City Hall shooting
  • Grade 1 students from Edmonton public school on field trip at city hall when shooting occurred

Single-Use Items

  • Edmonton to increase fee for paper and reusable bags
  • On the agenda: Bag fees, flood mitigation, travel budget

Wîhkwêntôwin

  • Oliver no more: Edmonton neighbourhood adopts new Cree name

City Market

  • Edmonton Downtown Farmers' Market forced to move amid high utility costs, low foot traffic
  • "Critical financial situation": Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market board recommends shutdown
  • 'Shocking' closure of Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market sparks new collective seeking kitchen space

Edmonton Unlimited

  • Catherine Warren ousted from Edmonton Unlimited

Adam Laughlin

  • Top bureaucrat exodus continues in Edmonton with fifth deputy city manager departure in one year
  • Episode 128: The former big cheese on inteGRATED infrastructure

Edmonton Oilers

  • Will the Oilers' streak pay off with a Stanley Cup? What history says

Fossil first

  • 72-million-year-old sturgeon discovered in Edmonton is a fossil first

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