Edmonton city councillors debated changes to the zoning bylaw to regulate lodging houses … if they can figure out what they are. Plus, the city has started cracking down on illegal downtown surface parking lots, and we get excited for the Fringe Festival.

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Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Rain in June

• Edmonton records its rainiest June ever following latest weekend downpour: Environment Canada
• Edmonton weather nerdery: June 2026
• News Release: City of Edmonton impacts due to additional heavy rains
• News Release: Rising water levels on the North Saskatchewan River prompt immediate trail closures

Canada Day

• Readers share what this year's Canada Day means to them
• O Canada? Patriotism in the time of Alberta separatism

Lodging houses

• Lodging Houses Analysis
• Edmonton's mayor fears infill bylaws abused to build lodging houses
• Edmonton infills operated as rooming houses, renting by the day — even hour

New towing lot

• City of Edmonton opens new tow lot to deal with hundreds of abandoned vehicles

Downtown parking lots

• Crackdown on unlicensed downtown Edmonton parking lots looms
• Edmonton cracking down on unpermitted surface parking lots in core
• News Release: City begins enforcement action against unpermitted downtown surface parking lots in July

Fringe Festival

• Edmonton Fringe announces Unforgettable theme for 2026 festival
• Fringe asks for support to keep it 'Unforgettable'

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