Fi-Fa-Oh... Um... Let's just play hockey instead

Part of 102 Avenue downtown will be car-free, and police budgets, after all this debate, may well be scrutiny-free too.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Waste collector appreciation

• Edmonton recognizes Waste Collector Appreciation Day on June 17

World Cup 2026

• Toronto, Vancouver selected among host cities for 2026 World Cup, Edmonton snubbed

COVID-19 restrictions

• Alberta to lift remaining health restrictions

102 Avenue

• Troy's tweet
• Mayor Sohi's tweet
• Edmonton will keep 102 Avenue closed to traffic for 1-year pedestrian pilot
• 1988 Edmonton downtown design improvement manual

Chinatown infrastructure

• Chinatown 'like a wound that we all have,' says advocate
• Councillors support infrastructure boosts coming to Edmonton's Chinatown

Police funding

• Downtown Core and Transit Safety Plan
• Accused in Chinatown homicides was dropped off in Edmonton by RCMP 3 days before killings
• Mayor Sohi's tweet
• Chinatown homicides: McFee says EPS couldn't arrest Justin Bone because RCMP dropped him off
• Councillors' actions on police funding differ from candidates' words
• Edmonton Mayor Sohi says despite recent tensions, relations improving with police commission

Private trees

• Edmonton city councillors consider new bylaw to protect trees on private land

Rediscover ETS

• ETS launches campaign to inspire Edmontonians to rediscover their city with transit

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