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T-Shirts for a good cause

• ‘Hawaiian Shirt Guy,’ who helped stop an arson spree, immortalized in t-shirts by local artist

Holt Renfrew

• Holt Renfrew Announces Closure of Downtown Edmonton Store

City Market

• 5 Questions about the City Market’s New Downtown Location

Speed Limit Reduction

• Lower residential speed limits on horizon; final vote in 2020
• Edmonton council gears down speed limit debate until 2020
• Motion text - tweet
• Mayor Iveson commends citizens - tweet
• Vote Breakdown - tweet
• Decision Tree - tweet
• First hashtag in a motion? - tweet

Dziadyk Withdraws

• Paige Parsons' tweet
• Jon Dziadyk's tweet
• Slow zone: City councillors warming to idea of 2-tier residential speeds

Knack Fails

• Andrew Knack's tweet

Troy Praises Nickel

• Troy's tweet

Mill Creek Ravine Daylighting

• Mill Creek Ravine daylighting being pushed by Edmonton city councillor

Smart Cities Challenge

• Edmonton moving forward after Smart Cities Challenge

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we talked about Unit B Coworking, located in the historic McKenney Building on 104 Street. Besides desks and offices, Unit B offers members access to its podcasting studio and meeting spaces, as well as a kitchen, wi-fi and the usual amenities. We also highlighted the Alberta Podcast Network's new episode listings and talked about recent episodes from Northern Nerdcast and the City of Champions podcast.

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Intersection Closure

• Major downtown road closed for month as LRT construction ramps up

Iveson-Trudeau

• Prime minister to meet with mayor on visit to Edmonton Friday

Telephone Historical Centre

• Edmonton telephone museum hangs it up

State of the City

• State of the City Address
• From Edmonton's NDP stronghold, Iveson offers olive branch to Kenney government
• Facebook Live recording
• Mack's Twitter thread

Parking Regulations

• Comprehensive Review of Parking Regulations in Zoning Bylaw 12800
• Elise Stolte: Council can't ignore the massive subsidy behind 'free' parking
• Committee endorses plan to eliminate Edmonton's minimum parking requirements

Commonwealth Games

• Commonwealth Games Bid
• Edmonton confirms it won’t bid for Commonwealth Games

Dziadyk Motions

• Executive Committee: May 6, 2019

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted The Well Endowed Podcast, a production of the Edmonton Community Foundation. The podcast tells the stories of how endowment funds intersect with the community. We also highlighted Perch, a podcast produced by ATB Financial. The show connects with the experts, influencers, and big thinkers who are shaping the province.

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Transit Stunt

• Edmonton transit officials condemn video of person riding on back of moving bus: ‘It’s highly dangerous’

Winter Returns

• 'Tough to take': More snow in store for Edmonton this spring

Small Cameo

• Blink and you'll miss Alberta musician with background role in 'Avengers: Endgame'

Phone Book Fort

• Troy Pavlek's tweet

Property Tax

• City sets 2019 municipal taxes
• City council locks in 2019 property tax increase
• StartUp Edmonton gets money to recruit on local university campuses
• 2.6% property tax increase passed by Edmonton city council

Speed Limit Reduction

• Elise Stolte: Lowering neighbourhood speed limits is worth a one-minute delay
• Councillors considering reducing default city speed limit to 40 km/h
• Councillor Knack to propose fixed design standards to make Edmonton neighbourhood roads slower

Oliver Park Swap

• Developer's attempt to do a land swap for Oliver Park parcel fails

Hotel Macdonald Tower

• Proposed 185-metre tower in front of Hotel Macdonald gets flak from residents at open house
• SkyriseEdmonton

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted Overdue Finds, a podcast produced by the Edmonton Public Library. Check out Episode 29 which looks at libraries in pop culture, including the best fantasy libraries and the stereotypes vs. realities of working in the library. We also talked about Unit B Coworking, a multi-company coworking space focused on helping people pursue their passions and making Edmonton its creative best. It's located in the historic McKenney Building on 104 Street, close to everything downtown.

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#YEGCatRescue2019

• Cats trapped in Edmonton sinkhole prompts firefighter rescue

City Hall Pool

• Construction for the overbudget city hall wading pool ends this summer

Ariana Grande

• Clear bags only at Ariana Grande concert in Edmonton

109 Street Bike Lanes

• City scraps plan to put a bike lane on busy 109 Street
• Troy's tweet

Core Zone

• #YEGCoreZone
• Introducing the #YEGCoreZone
• Group pitches YEG Core Zone proposal to lower speed limits in the heart of Edmonton

SingularityU

• Mayor Iveson's remarks - #1 & #2
• Event at Rossdale power plant has people buzzing about building’s potential

Royal Mayfair Golf Club

• Royal Mayfair Golf Club gets lease extended to 2069

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted Let's Do Coffee, a podcast produced by NAIT's Mawji Centre for New Venture and Student Entrepreneurship. We also talked about NorthwestFest, Edmonton’s international documentary festival, which runs May 2 to 12 at Metro Cinema. Use the discount code APN2019 to get 10% off any general admission ticket except for opening night.

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Education Requisition

• Edmonton decides to keep property tax increase at 2.6%
• Council Roundup: April 12, 2019

Prairie Sky Gondola

• Edmonton council endorses next step for private gondola dream

Bonnie Doon Redevelopment

• Council OKs rezoning Bonnie Doon site for major development

1993 Election

• 1993 Alberta general election
• Twenty years since Alberta’s epic 1993 election

90s Cutbacks

• Klein’s policies got us into this mess: Budget cuts of 1990s did lasting damage
• Lakritz: Please, not a return to Klein's Alberta Advantage
• Notley raises spectre of Klein-style cuts under UCP government

2019 Election

• NDP sweeps Edmonton, leaving city an island of orange in a sea of blue
• Incoming premier promises to work with Edmonton, despite city's chilly reception
• Elise Stolte: Orange Edmonton desperately needs to build bridges in this sea of blue
• Edmonton Public School Trustees doing their due diligence by asking about UCP education cuts
• 'The election is behind us': Kenney and Notley meet to transition government
• Mayor Don Iveson's statement

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we spoke about Overdue Finds, a podcast from the Edmonton Public Library that discusses all the pop culture and media that you can find at your local library. We also highlighted ATB Financial's support of Pride.

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Anne Stevenson

• @edmonton_anne on Twitter

Zoning Bylaw

• Zoning Bylaw Renewal
• Principles and Approach
• Admin Presentation
• History of Zoning in Edmonton

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted Unit B Coworking, a multi-company coworking space located in the historic McKenney Building on 104 Street focused on helping people pursue their passions and making Edmonton its creative best. We also talked about the Edmonton Community Foundation which acts as a bridge between donors and charities to create a strong, vibrant community for generations to come.

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$51 million coincidence

• When is $51M not $51M? A preview of an Edmonton city council debate expected Tuesday

Provincial Leaders' Debate

• This is sad. Alberta’s leaders’ debate remarkable for being horribly boring

High Level Streetcar

• Edmonton’s beloved streetcar getting extension in Old Strathcona
• High Level Line

Rising Star

• The Frontrunner: Sarah Hamilton is Edmonton’s Political Rising Star
• Sarah Hamilton on Twitter

#abvote

• Andrew Knack: Premier Hopefuls Must Condemn Hatred
• Michael Walters' Twitter thread

Land Governance

• Councillor pitches selling city-owned suburban land

Ward Office

• Edmonton city councillor seeks colleagues' blessing to open taxpayer-funded ward office

Cycling Tickets

• Police defend uneven ticketing of cyclists across city

Upgrading Crosswalks

• 'A long way to go' to improve 659 unsafe crossings in Edmonton, councillor says

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we talked about Overdue Finds, a production of the Edmonton Public Library. Every episode explores the movies, music, books, and other things you can find at the library. We also highlighted fellow network members The Daveberta Podcast and Episode 24 of Don't Call Me A Guru.

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Don Iveson

• DonIveson.ca
• @doniveson on Twitter

TLC 4 LRT

• Edmonton’s LRT receives ‘tender loving care’ this spring/summer
• Major Edmonton LRT maintenance will see station closed, service to NAIT suspended

Transit Fares

• Reduced fares, free rides on the table as council committee eyes transit study
• March 5 Urban Planning Committee Minutes
• Nov. 6/7 City Council Minutes

Metro Line LRT

• Dec. 4, 2018: Edmonton will spend months testing Metro LRT Line signal system; Thales says it’s ready
• Jan. 25, 2019: Metro, Capital Line LRT closed Sunday for testing of signalling system

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we talked about Let's Do Coffee which is a production of NAIT's Mawji Centre for New Venture and Student Entrepreneurship. We also highlighted ATB Financial which believe it or not is a bank that offers chequing and savings accounts!

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Provincial Election

• Alberta’s 2019 election underway as Premier Notley drops the writ

Hockey Success

• Edmonton Oil Kings secure Central Division title

Killer Coyotes

• Coyotes behind cat killings in Edmonton area, U of A study concludes

Patronage

• Elise Stolte: Time to raise the bar and ban patronage in city councillors' offices

Speed Limits

• Elise Stolte: I want more than speed traps; new cultural approach needed for residential speeding
• City councillors recommend blanket 40 km/h speed limit on residential roads after pleas from road safety advocates
• Jon Dziadyk
• How to stop discounting pedestrian deaths

Journalism Funding

• Jesse Brown's Twitter thread
• What the federal budget offers Canada’s struggling journalism industry

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we talked about the Edmonton Community Foundation which builds relationships that strengthen the Edmonton community. They also produce The Well Endowed Podcast. We also highlighted fellow APN member I Have Some Notes which takes a movie that sucked, but had potential, and puts it through a vigorous podcasting notes process to try to turn it into a blockbuster.

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Ask About Edmonton

• Mayor Don Iveson kicks off City’s Ask About Edmonton campaign

Lobbyist Registry

• Seeking favour from an Edmonton councillor will soon make you a lobbyist

Confederation Lounge

• Proposed redesign of Confederation Lounge in Hotel Macdonald sparks public uproar online

Valley Line LRT

• City receives funding for Valley and Metro Line LRT expansion

City Market Downtown

• City Market to leave 104th Street
• From 2012: Edmonton’s City Market Downtown needs community representation

Speed Limits

• Edmonton city council asked to finally set slower neighbourhood speed limits
• Speed Reduction Policy C566
• Working together towards Vision Zero: 2018 update

Animal Protection Services

• Edmonton council approves $800K model for animal protection services

Terwillegar Funding

• ACT fund provides $90-million investment in transit in Edmonton
• Edmonton gets $90M boost from province for transit projects

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted Overdue Finds, a podcast presented by the Edmonton Public Library. Hosts by Bryce Crittenden and Caroline Land discuss all things pop culture and will let you know what you can find at the library. We also highlighted We Are Alberta, a monthly podcast from ATB that explores Alberta’s geography, businesses and organization, and its diverse and fascinating people, all through an economic lens. Recent episodes look at bitcoin mining, mint farming and drone testing!

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