The renderings were a lie... berry

According to Don Iveson complaining is a summer sport in Edmonton... Troy goes for the gold. We break down the Library and how bike lanes and Keillor Point prove that the City hates fun.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Rain

• Roads flooded, trails closed and more rain in forecast as city weathers storms

Herbicide Fine

• Edmonton penalized $165K for spraying industrial herbicide in Haddow community

Riverboat Evacuation

• Hundreds rescued in overnight evacuation aboard Edmonton Riverboat

Milner Library

• ‘Ugly,’ ‘not as pictured’: Edmonton reacts to new Stanley Milner Library design
• Warships and dumpsters: Incomplete Edmonton library gets unsavoury comparisons
• Edmonton Public Library boss defends downtown makeover after online backlash
• GUNTER: Edmonton's central library misses the mark
• BBC: Online critics poke fun at Canada 'warship' library
• Was this reimagined library a missed opportunity to revitalize downtown?
• 'Criticism is a summer sport': Iveson on library debate
• EPLdotCA's tweet
• Andy Grabia's thread

E-Scooters

• Council vote approves bylaw change for e-scooters in Edmonton

Keillor Point

• Edmonton’s ‘The End of the World’ is no more as city opens $1.5M Keillor Point lookout

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