To be or not to SDAB

This week, council has approved 209 new shelter spaces for this winter out of the financial stabilization reserve, and the SDAB has left the new Boyle Street location out in the cold.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Earthquakes

• Series of earthquakes in northern Alberta felt in Edmonton, Grande Prairie and B.C.
• Smith introduces flagship Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, giving cabinet new power

Transit reality

• Edmonton bus drivers share images showing daily realities of working within public transit system

Michael Elliott

• Head of Edmonton police union stepping down: 'My mental health is more important at the moment'

Emergency shelters

• New emergency shelter spaces approved as deaths mount
• PSA: Extreme weather response activated
• 'Catastrophe of homelessness': Three dead at makeshift Edmonton shelters in early November
• Troy's tweet

Boyle Street

• City of Edmonton hears appeal of new Boyle Street Community Services building
• Boyle Street Community Services relocation plan halted by development appeal board
• 'Deeply disappointed': Development appeal board revokes permit for new Boyle Street centre
• Boyle Street targeted in racist phone calls following development dispute

Budget stuff

• Climate change raised repeatedly during budget hearing
• About 170 speakers sign up to offer wish lists for Edmonton budget during public hearing
• Transit security, recreation, Valley Zoo investment among budget asks at Edmonton council hearing
• Edmonton budget: sports and recreation, social services, transit big topics at public hearing
• Municipalities across Edmonton region face budget challenges for 2023
• Troy's tweet thread

City surplus

• City of Edmonton projects $68M operating budget surplus by end of 2022
• Mayor Amarjeet Sohi's tweet

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Creators & Guests

Host

Mack Male

Co-Founder and CEO of Taproot Publishing Inc.

Host

Troy Pavlek

Apparently the TMZ of #yegcc.Governing myself accordingly since 2021

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