The scaring-in ceremony
Download MP3This week, we take you inside city hall for the swearing-in ceremony and inaugural city council meeting of the 2025-2029 term. Plus, we look at possible changes to provincial electoral boundaries in Edmonton, and hear from some municipal election scrutineers.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Swearing-in ceremony
- Edmonton's new city council starts work by identifying priorities
- Don Iveson's post
- You're likely to hear the same debates at city hall despite new council
- Edmonton's everyman: Andrew Knack's journey to the mayor's seat
Electoral boundaries
- Calgary, Edmonton to gain seats under proposed electoral boundary redraw
- Most Edmontonians will vote in new or redrawn ridings next provincial election: interim report
- Commission report (PDF)
Election scrutineers
Teacher strike
- Students return to Alberta schools after historic teachers' strike screeches to a halt
- 'Mixed feelings' among Alberta students, parents amid return to school after 3-week strike
- The economic fallout of the Alberta teachers' strike and what comes next
- Alberta labour leaders gauge interest in general strike after suspension of teachers' bargaining rights
- News Release: Better data, better outcomes for Alberta students
- News Release: Showcasing Alberta in the Middle East
Rapid fire
- A timeline of Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry's relationship
- Soaring Blue Jays and struggling Dodgers face duelling pressures in Game 6 of World Series
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Stephanie Swensrude
Stephanie is a curator and reporter at Taproot Edmonton. She attended NAIT's radio and television program and has worked at CBC, CFJC in Kamloops, and 630 CHED.
