Here are the relevant links for this episode:

ID Scanners

• Thefts down at Edmonton liquor stores with ID scanners: Alcanna

Speaking Moistly

• Edmonton musician riffs on Justin Trudeau's cringe-worthy 'speaking moistly' gaffe

No E-Scooters

• Natasha Riebe's tweet

COVID-19 Updates

• City continues to introduce measures to ensure the safety of Edmontonians

EEDC Layoffs

• EEDC's tweet
• Cheryll Watson's tweet
• Maggie Davison's tweet
• Don Iveson's tweet
• COVID-19: Almost 90 per cent of EEDC employees have been or will be temporarily laid off due to pandemic
• Edmonton Economic Development Corporation lays off staff due to COVID-19 - Ryan Jespersen Show

COVID-19 Financial Impacts

• COVID-19: Iveson sends $2.1-billion infrastructure project wish list to the province
• COVID-19: Iveson warns of further temporary layoffs, delayed construction projects as Edmonton faces $109.8 million shortfall by September
• Budget Update Presentation
• Edmonton spends $2M on PPE for essential and front-line workers

Edmonton Motors Redevelopment

• Greek Orthodox Community plans to build 'gem' of a building on 114 Street and Jasper Avenue
• April 2018: Ripe for redevelopment: Downtown Edmonton dealership plans to move

Festival Cancellations

• Sometimes it simply isn't possible for the show(s) to go on
• 'Hard to imagine an Edmonton summer without Fringe': Theatre festival cancelled over COVID-19
• See you on the flat side

PSA

• Residents urged to stay off the North Saskatchewan River

COVID-19 in Edmonton

• Taproot's microsite
• COVID-19 Timeline

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