A special council meeting to see if you’ve been naughty or rice

This week a date has been set for a special council meeting where, as one councillor will have you believe, the largest witchburning since the red scare will occur. Plus, other fictions, like council endorsing density.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Teacher Testing

• Hinshaw advises teacher testing before back-to-school; Edmonton driving COVID-19 spread in Alberta

Mystery Tunnel

• Decades-old mystery tunnel uncovered by construction crew in Stony Plain

Oilers 50/50

• Legendary Edmonton Oilers 50/50 reached $14.3-million with draw set for next week

Exemption Card Generator

• Troy's original tweet
• Troy's tweet about the cease and desist

COVID-19

• News Release - Update 112: COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta (Aug. 20, 5 p.m.)
• Edmonton ICU doctor says his unit is 'full to the brim,' spike partly due to COVID-19
• Tweet from the Mayor's office

Heritage Valley

• News Release - City Council approves plan for new neighbourhood in Heritage Valley
• New neighbourhood plan for southwest Edmonton approved by city council
• Councillor Paquette's tweet

Nickel's Conduct

• Mike Nickel violated council's code of conduct, city integrity commissioner finds
• Troy's tweet
• Councillor Nickel's tweet
• Councillor Nickel's video statement
• Councillor Paquette's tweet
• Sept. 2: Special City Council Meeting

Innovate Edmonton

• News Release - Board members endorsed for Edmonton’s new innovation entity
• Job Posting - Innovate Edmonton – Chief Executive Officer
• July 14 Tech Roundup: Naseem Bashir endorsed as board chair for new innovation entity
• Cheryll Watson's tweet
• World Entrepreneur Day

Speak to us!

• Voicelink.fm

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