Here are the relevant links if you'd like to go deeper:

Talus Dome

• Professor says Talus Dome must be moved or vandalism ‘will happen again’
• Petition: Move Edmonton's Talus Dome to a Better Location

Heritage Festival barn

• ‘We’re keeping the barn’: City reverses decision to take barn from Heritage Festival

Council Reports

• Project and Policy Tracking System Options (no news articles for this one, weird how journalists are not chomping at the bit to write about the minutia of the mechanisms by which council gets reports)

Southside Bike Grid

• 'We need a win-win solution here': Residents push back against south side bike grid
• Bike lanes on main streets? Debate over 109 Street questions basic Edmonton approach to cycling

Centre LRT

• City gives up on Centre Line LRT bridge over river, for now

Playground Zones

• 68 of 163 standalone playground speed zones may not be necessary, city staff find
• Council opts to keep playground zones, will focus only on "anomalous" playground zones

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