Another driver crashes into a Valley Line train, and we're starting to lose count. Plus, Boyle Street gets a new permit, and we get details on the city's podcast spending.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Water and zombies

• Lead-reducing chemicals now flowing in Edmonton's water: Epcor
• Edmonton is where you want to be when the zombie apocalypse comes, study finds

Transit App

• Third-party transit planning app no longer free for Edmonton riders

Zellers

• 'Nice little nod to nostalgia': Edmontonians line up to shop Zellers grand reopening

Making Space

• Edmonton paid $70K for zoning podcast 'Making Space'

Boyle Street

• Boyle Street Community Services gets development permit for new facility
• 'You belong here': City reissues permit for new Boyle Street building
• Ritchie 'health hub' gets approval from City of Edmonton

Federal budget

• Edmonton Mayor Sohi welcomes federal budget cash, but housing investments aren't enough
• Trudeau and Freeland up the ante on a clean economy

On-Demand Transit

• On-demand transit launched in Edmonton 2 years ago. Here's how it's going

LRT and cars

• Mill Woods red light LRT intersection timing needs changes: residents
• Illegal right turns have led to 5 crashes involving vehicles and Valley Line Southeast LRT trains: TransEd
• Taxi collides with Valley Line LRT

Two million trees

• City targets 2030 for two million new trees

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