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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!
Figuring out what EEDC has Gouda do
LRT vs. BRT is put to rest, at least for the west, and we learn what the future of the EEDC will be.
You See (a) Pea Sized Budget Adjustment
Three little pigs - municipal, provincial and federal - build some fiscal houses and big bad Twitter blows them all down. Meanwhile, Michael Walters spends the week...
Commit to our transit priorities? Pecan't do it!
We've debated it a billion times, but we're a billion dollars short so let's re-litigate LRT! Plus our bus network redesign passes ~with contention~ and our mayor m...
Too many Fareomatics spoil the broth
In the latest episode of "Troy talks a lot: The Podcast" Troy and Mack (but mostly Troy) talk about some of the advantages of free transit, why it didn't happen, and w...
To understand pedestrians, walk a Chamomile in their shoes
Dad (Mack) is out of town so NO RULES PODCASTING. Troy talks to Sarah Hoyles, Executive Director of paths for people and tries to goad her into fights with the city...
Cutting the celery for city staff
While lead poisoning threatens to kill us all, Troy and Mack talk about snow plowing in a post-substance-that-shall-not-be-named era, budget cuts and plagiarism!
Reading the LRTea Leaves
We have to talk about the provincial budget, so we're getting it all in this episode. Find out what grants-in-lieu mean and if we'll still be building the west LRT. Pl...
The Fruits of Edmonton's Tech Investments (LIVE)
Councillors Hamilton and Knack join Troy and Mack to talk about tech, innovation and how City Council can best enable it. This episode was recorded LIVE in front of...
Pumpkin up our support of heritage buildings
It's a slow news week, so Troy and Mack take plenty of room to breathe, and probably relax just a bit too much. No alcohol was consumed in the recording of this episod...
Leaf my commute alone!
This week Extinction Rebellion had a few people standing on a bridge and the economic interests of the entire Edmonton Metro Region ground to a halt. Plus, calcium chl...
Garlic pressing the wrong button
One of the biggest and most contentious political motions of this council is derailed for at least a week because one guy pressed the wrong button. That's how our demo...
The downtown farmers market isn't doing grape
Council approves two more towers and denies zero towers, shocking no one. Plus, we have an update on the downtown farmers market and share information about a wildlife...
Scootin' Makes Chiveson Cranky
Big Daddy Iveson is upset about e-scooters and will turn this whole (not actually a) pilot around! Plus transit fines might be decreasing and we follow up on the WE...