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Is it nuts to make the river valley a NUTional Park?
After a summer break featuring many guests, regular coverage of city council returns! Get your updates about who's running where, proposing what and why it all matters...
The best questions Sur(vey) la table
This week, Karen, co-founder of Taproot Edmonton, joins to talk about election coverage, the next iteration of the People's Agenda and how it connects candidates with ...
Fishing for answers about our river
Troy and Mack are joined by Martin Dugas of RiverWatch Institute Alberta who has all the answers about science experiments, group river floats, and the dinosaur still ...
The best part of the pie is the INFILLing
We filled up this episode with infill. We're talking with Mariah Samji, executive director of IDEA about everything you wanted to know, and didn't know you wanted to k...
Pining for more trees
This week, we're talking all about trees. Dustin Bajer joins to talk about why trees are important in Edmonton, climate change, and to address Mack and Troy's burning ...
If the current day ends in a y, the funicular is fondue for maintenance
Council's out for the summer and we'll recap their final month before they left. Plus, speed limits are being lowered, and the funicular is broken.
Gondolas and high Seed trains
This week, Nickel's sanction hearing goes exactly as expected, as does the vote on paying for parking in parks. But we do get some unexpected high speed rail news.
I Cayennen't remember what it's like to feel cool
This week, it's very very hot and very very dry and very very emotional and very very "Fireworks". Thanks City of Edmonton. Plus, we bring you the latest on masks and ...
The stench of council's proceDurian bickering
Council will almost surely expire the mandatory mask bylaw July 1st, we'll break down the litigation by the procedural rules lawyers that got us here. Plus, paying ...
Discussing better, more vibrant pastures with the Downtown Business Grassociation
A $26.5M pedway in station lands and a new downtown vibrancy report are top of mind this week, and we thought of no better guest to help us learn about them than Punee...
Edmonton's playing Ketchup in smart fare implementation
Despite our cynicism it looks like smart fare is really real and will be taking to Edmonton Transit soon. Plus, we took away the name "Grandin" from the LRT station. A...
Not AnonyMoose: Edmonton's Deer football team gets a new name
This week we found out what the Walterdale Bridge public art was supposed to look like, and why it was never installed. Plus, a plan from the city to prevent chopping ...
Why is there no public art on the new GrOat bridge?
This week, the Groat Road bridge is front and centre. We’ll talk with Jason Meliefste about the successes, failures and why there’s no public art. Turns out it's both ...
Acorning to WEM, they don't have to pay for that bridge
The worst kept secret of the 2021 election is no longer, Amarjeet Sohi is officially running for mayor! Plus, we seem to be progressing very little on both Vision Zero...
The pun so Mandelicious we used it twice
This week Troy and Mack are joined by former Mayor of Edmonton Stephen Mandel. He'll talk about the plan he supports for the Coliseum, the airport, his run at the Albe...
The former big cheese on inteGRATED infrastructure
This week Troy and Mack talk with Adam Laughlin, the current deputy city manager of integrated infrastructure and the former interim city manager during the start of t...
Leduc's photo radar is a BroccoLIE
The first round of listening sessions for the People's Agenda has wrapped up. Hear from the Business Overlords™ about what that means. Plus, Leduc has scrapped photo r...
The transit fare increase is Tarragon, for now
Against the advice of City Council, City Council elects not to raise the transit cash fare. Plus, City Council argues with City Council in letters to City Council.
InSalting and demeaning the po po-boys
This week there was a lot of talk about buses and transit. We'll talk about all the hot motions, amendments and subsequents you want to hear about. Plus, the police un...
Council's ambitious decision to kick the can is history in the Baking
Council debates the recommendations of the Community Safety task force and does exactly as much as we expected them to do. Plus, we're not scrapping the bus network re...
Pickling a retiring councillor's brain
Outgoing councillor Ben Henderson joins us to talk about policing, poverty, his legacy and what he's looking for in an ideal mayor.
Papaya-ttention to bus route changes
As the mantra goes: do one thing and do it well. ETS is spending this week focusing on the contrapositive: do many things and do them poorly. Plus, Troy preaches a ser...
Knack's dancing to the AmarBeet
We read probably a little bit too hard into Andrew Knack's mayoral not-announcement. Plus, garbage, shelters, new housing, and scoots.
Speaking with the new ETS Branch Mandaringer
Carrie Hotton-MacDonald, the new Branch Manager of Edmonton Transit, joins to talk about her new role, the bus network redesign, and to address a smattering of Twitter...
Another CRL? Chia, right!
This week Cate Watt and Anton Szabo join the podcast to answer all our questions about tax policy. Is making a new CRL to fund the LRT a good idea? Should we charge mo...
The province is still catching flax for headwater pollution
This week updates from all across the board: the gondola goes forward, we learn more about headwater protection and the two succeeding and one failing CRLs
It's not quite Chili enough to treat people like human Beans
The Gondola is back in the news and we spend some oxygen complaining about the oxygen it's taking up. Plus, the police surprise absolutely no one by very publicly forc...
I'm ordering you to seed and desist
Council unanimously rejects a proposed social media policy and Councillor Sarah Hamilton joins us to explain why. Plus, Troy gets a letter in the mail.
Croqgetting better uses out of our surplus school sites
We're joined by EPSB Ward F Trustee Michael Janz to discuss surplus school sites and a little-known public school board power to levy new taxes. Plus, we address Tr...
It's Andre's Clementime to shine
Newly minted - that could have been an alternate title pun - City Manager André Corbould joins Troy and Mack to discuss getting situated in the new role, his plans for...