Edmonton is now a quarantine calzone
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Here are the relevant links for this episode:
UAlberta President
Cannabis
UAlberta Cuts
COVID-19: Transit Service
- News Release - Changes coming to transit service, low-income passes
- News Release - COVID-19 update: Changes to transit
- City Manager to bus passengers: “We heard you. We're responding quickly.”
- TransLink suspending all bus fares to promote social distancing
- OC Transpo brings in changes due to COVID-19
- Tweet from @BCTransit
COVID-19: Economic Impact
- Edmonton looking at property tax deferrals, Iveson says
- Tweet from @doniveson
- EPCOR: Update on COVID-19 for Our Canadian Customers
- OpenTable: State of the Industry
COVID-19: Emergency Declaration
- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT
- COVID-19: Alberta legislature adjourns early Thursday, may sit through the weekend
COVID-19: Good News
- COVID-19: Edmonton tech industry seeks an hour of your wages for Food Bank
- Edmonton-developed app shows where supplies are available amid COVID-19 shortages
- COVID-19: Edmonton's Belmont Sobeys spurs nationwide seniors shopping hour
- Tweet from @aaronpaquette
COVID-19: Taproot's efforts
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