Not AnonyMoose: Edmonton's Deer football team gets a new name

This week we found out what the Walterdale Bridge public art was supposed to look like, and why it was never installed. Plus, a plan from the city to prevent chopping down trees, and mayoral candidate signs chopped at oblong angles.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

The Title

• Edmonton's football team will now be known as the Elks

Spray Parks

• Edmonton opens 30 spray parks during heat wave
• Cuts to Edmonton's weed control budget could be reversed in June

Jets Bet

• Don Iveson pays the piper and fulfils his end of a bet with Winnipeg mayor

Agriculture Plan

• Future of farming: New plan for Edmonton region aims to grow food — and the economy

Walterdale Bridge Art

• City, arts council reviewing lack of clarity around Percent for Art program
• Walterdale Bridge Replacement FAQ - Feb. 2013
• Ken Lum: The Buffalo and the Buffalo Fur Trader
• EAC tweet in 2018

Renaming Grandin

• Edmonton joins movement to mourn residential school deaths
• Edmontonians call for name change to Grandin LRT station, removal of mural depicting residential school system
• Don Iveson's tweet
• Aaron Paquette's tweet

Public Trees

• Public Tree Bylaw proposed to help protect Edmonton's urban forest
• Edmonton to revisit proposed tree permit for construction projects after pushback from utility companies, infill groups

Election Signs

• Cheryll Watson's sign
• Municipal election rundown: June 3

Regional Active Transit

• 'Not just for cities': EMRB task force recommends more active transit across the region

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