Infilling the missing middle of council coverage

This week Councillors Michael Janz and Ashley Salvador join to fill us in on some of the things that we've missed over the first half of their term.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

77 trees

• 'It's a bummer': Edmonton chops 77 trees near cemetery for new sidewalk, bike lanes

Ditch the draft

• Protesters call for Alberta government to scrap K-6 draft curriculum

AHS CEO

• Dr. Verna Yiu out as president and CEO at Alberta Health Services

Michael Janz

• @michaeljanz
• Meet the councillors: Sarah Hamilton and Michael Janz look forward to team-building

Ashley Salvador

• @AshleyASalvador
• Meet the councillors: Keren Tang and Ashley Salvador identify key priorities as they begin their terms

Links from the discussion

• Curbing Excessive Executive Compensation
• Fire, police team up to extinguish growing problem of suspicious fires in northeast Edmonton
• 2019: City may back out of suburban development biz, council votes

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Creators & Guests

Guest

Ashley Salvador

Edmonton City Councillor for Ward Métis

Guest

Michael Janz

City Councillor Ward Papastew

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