Streisand's Favourite fruit was a SLAPPle

This week a sitting city councillor will stay that way after he lost the UCP nomination in Edmonton-South. He might struggle to get back up to city hall because of all the Grey Cup Festival caused traffic snarls, though.

We also talk (very carefully) about an Edmonton MP suing a student newspaper and some questionable public engagement from a city that has won international awards from public engagement.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Duchess Bake Shop

• Duchess Bake Shop creates replica Hogwarts Castle to support Bissell Centre

Oilers fire McLellan

• Oilers fire McLellan, hire Hitchcock as new head coach

FIFA World Cup 2026

• Edmonton councillors raise concerns over hosting FIFA 2026 after Calgary rejects Olympic bid

Grey Cup Festival

• Edmonton business says traffic closures mean Grey Cup Festival isn’t a touchdown for all

Utility Rates

• Edmonton will see utility rate hike; council may consider full privatization of garbage collection

Cannabis Charges

• Courtney Theriault's tweet
• No spike in pot-impaired driving after legalization: police

Edmonton MP sues The Gateway

• Edmonton MP sues The Gateway student newspaper for defamation

Mike Nickel loses UCP nomination bid

• Edmonton city Coun. Mike Nickel loses UCP nomination bid
• Phil Urich's tweet
• Progress Alberta's tweet

Public Engagement

• Elise Stolte: 'Miserably fails the test,' Eastglen pool fiasco highlights Edmonton blind spot on public consultation
• City of Edmonton Public Engagement
• Edmonton's IAP2 International Award

Frost, Frost, Sweetie

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we mentioned Let's Do Coffee, the new podcast from NAIT's Mawji Centre. Episode 3 features a conversation with interior designer Candace Wolfe. We also plugged I Don't Get It, a podcast about the performing arts in Edmonton. Their most recent episode touched on the demise of Vue Weekly, which they called "the city's last bastion of dedicated print arts media."

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