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Foreign Minterference in a Dog Election
Troy's cat either won or lost an off-leash park election this week. We break down all the details and talk to the Chief Election Officer. We also cover real news, b...
Setting your property taxes is a Tart form
We have two tax gurus on the show to give you the lowdown on everything you - and apparently we - need to know about taxation and assessment. We got a couple of things...
We've Grazed taxes... or have we?
The Spring Supplementary Operating Budget Adjustment sets the tax rate at... an amount. It's either higher or lower than it was before. It's complicated. We'll get int...
Special: What the pandemic can teach us about the climate crisis
Chris Chang-Yen Phillips investigates a reader's question about the connections between our responses to COVID-19 and the climate crisis, as part of Taproot's contribu...
Hey, maybe just pumperNickel the brakes there, councillor
Councillor Mike Nickel has no chill and we're joined by Tim Querengesser to talk about why a dismissive, smug tone might not be the best one to take against populists....
No more Base-bale or lemon soc-curd
Outdoor baseball and soccer are both cancelled, and so are a billion other things in the pandemic, we'll update you on what's happening. Plus, in addition to foreign p...
Buy online, don't wait in Limes
As the local state of COVID-19 emergency finishes its third week we reveal, through investigative journalism, that the siren wailing is not an emergency beacon. It's y...
Just Plant yourself at home and watch Tiger King
Has the coronavirus infected our LRT STATIONS? And is a NAME CHANGE the vaccine? Plus a lot of Es. EEDC, e-scooters and E... coronavirus. You cannot escape coverage of...
Edmonton is now in a sTATER TOT of local emergency
Everything you wanted to know about the coronavirus, and a selection of other things we'll tell you anyway. Plus, the season's are changing and we're about to move int...
Edmonton is now a quarantine calzone
We tried really hard to find non-covid related news. We did not succeed. Get your intersection of municipal politics and pandemics here.
Barley, malt, corn, hops, yeast, asorbic acid and a slice of lime
Coronavirus plans to kill us all so Edmonton city council compensates by hopefully having vehicles on roads kill us slightly less frequently.
Cuts are Artichoking Edmonton's higher ed
Council's on break so we go up one level of government and discuss what Alberta's 2020 budget might mean for Edmonton and catch some updates to a couple previous stories
Keeping the speed Breaduction plan in the oven
Council committee got a look at the Core Zone and speed reduction bylaw amendments... and didn't do a lot with them. Plus, one simple fix! Cyclists hate him! How one w...
Moving forward with the regional transit recALMONDation
Who needs Sherwood Park! We'll make our own regional transit system, and it'll have high quality service and no fares! ...Wait, no, it'll have neither of those things....
Park well during blading or get tomaTOWED
The county with a very, very, very large hamlet squashes our regional transit dreams and foreigners throw some shrimp on the barbie and interfere in our traffic calming
EPS wants to Matcha face to a crime
This week, it's a loose-leaf bag of topics: Gondolas, rezoning, bench plaques, facial recognition, and snow clearing - but we promise it's not calcium chloride
Alfalfantasizing about open option parking
Turns out open option parking DID actually come to committee this week. Plus, smart fare implementation is delayed to 2021 and the Journal loses a provincial affairs p...
Debating Density Agrain
New higher density developments pop up in Oliver and Keheewin, Council says it's not too open to question why it talks behind closed doors, and the Gondola still just ...
The Gourd-medal winning podcast
We're back, and we won a Canadian Online Publishing Award for best podcast! Let our award-winning voices regale you with tales about calcium chloride, development subs...
2eoPEARdy
It's a Christmas Miracle! The holiday tradition continues a second year of Edmonton Jeopardy. Competing this year: Councillors Knack, Hamilton, and Paquette!