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The limit of PoliceBudget(x) as x→∞ is... 30%

City council has approved an updated funding formula for the police budget. We break down what happened and what it means.Here are the relevant links for this episode:...

The podcast that’s banned on Facebook

Taproot co-founders Karen Unland and Mack Male break down the impact of the Online News Act, being blocked on Facebook, and how the company is planning to grow. Plus, ...

The (mostly updated now) zoning arugulations

In the summer season closer, Troy and Mack speak with Livia Balone, the director of Zoning Bylaw Renewal at the City of Edmonton.Here are the relevant links for this e...

Updating the zoning Arugulations (Repeating Municipally)

Troy and Mack are Repeating Municipally Episode 33, an episode from 2019 featuring then-planner Anne Stevenson talking about the Zoning Bylaw Renewal project, lending ...

EPS warning: Listen to podcasts with extreme caution

The police let us know that the city is very, very dangerous and said not to go outside. But the reason has nothing to do with the smoke, and we're still not quite sur...

The end of the Anti-Racism Advisory Committee

Irfan Chaudhry joins to help us understand the state of anti-racism work in Edmonton following the end of the city's anti-racism advisory committee.Here are the releva...

With corroded cables, summer Valley Line hopes are oxi-dying

Corroded cables likely means another Valley Line delay, the city goes into overtime, and the city manager announces the latest reorg.Here are the relevant links for th...

Missing the forest for the mature trees

Urban planning committee hears from more than 70 speakers about the zoning bylaw renewal. We recap what went down and talk to David Berry, one of the speakers.Here are...

The orange dot (with the little orange smudge down there)

Ok, fine, we're going to talk about the election. But you CAN'T make us like it.Here are the relevant links for this episode:Sheriffs extendedEdmonton police, sheriff ...

The new northeast river valley park (on the weekly local audio news broadcast)

Edmonton has a surprise new bigger-than-Hawrelak, as-of-yet-unnamed river valley park. Plus, the Capital Line LRT extension gets its scope trimmed, and new patio rules...

A pawsitively furtastic week

It's cat week in Edmonton! Plus, additional funding for day shelter spaces, more turnover at the City of Edmonton, and new provincial additions to the paw-lice commiss...

Edmonton, without limits

Edmonton Unlimited CEO Catherine Warren joins us — more than a hundred episodes after her first appearance — for an update on Edmonton's innovation sector. Plus, the C...

He's been Buyze for the past 16 years

We catch up with Chris Buyze, the outgoing president of the Downtown Edmonton Community League. Plus, airtime for airports.Here are the relevant links for this episode...

Flaming Calgary's arena deal

Calgary is now the favourite child of the UCP, with arena funding. Plus, the Edmonton Police Service announces that violent crime is up, and we take a closer look at w...

Provincial funding to HELP... the UCP get elected

The province announces new funding for the HELP initiative that pairs social workers with police, and the city budget has been finalized so your tax bills will arrive ...

How are we making history? Let's Find Out

Let's Find Out has joined Taproot — we speak with host Chris Chang-Yen Phillips and producer Trevor Chow-Fraser to learn more. Plus, the Talus Dome incident has breath...

Keeping transit 💯 … cops, that is

The province announces a plan to recruit 100 extra cops to clean up transit, and the city talks about what YOU can do to help with that. Or maybe just take a scooter i...

SIX cars hit train... ah ah ah

Another driver crashes into a Valley Line train, and we're starting to lose count. Plus, Boyle Street gets a new permit, and we get details on the city's podcast spend...

JuNo shirt, no service

In the wake of a tragic police incident, we cover other policing news that happened this week. Plus, an update on trains, and affordable housing.Here are the relevant ...

More like LastGen, amirite?

Newly minted Taproot Edmonton reporter Colin Gallant joins to talk about the demise of NextGen. Plus, budget surpluses, meetings with the premier and, of course, parki...

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