A pawsitively furtastic week

It's cat week in Edmonton! Plus, additional funding for day shelter spaces, more turnover at the City of Edmonton, and new provincial additions to the paw-lice commission.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Extreme weather

• PSA: Extreme weather response activated

Dog parks

• PSA: City announces sites for Pop-up Dog Parks

Cat Fest

• Edmonton International Cat Festival
• Save The Dates: Edmonton Cat Fest Week Schedule
• Linda Hoang

EFRS culture

• Edmonton fire struggles with discrimination, bullying and diversity; trust in leadership broken

Day shelters

• Edmonton approves funding to keep day-shelter spaces open
• Edmonton pays $4 million for day shelter spaces, lobbies province for bridge housing

City of Edmonton

• Stephanie McCabe's post

Police Commission

• Province's election-season appointment of two unnamed Edmonton police commissioners prompts concerns

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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

Guest

Linda Hoang

#yeg 🇨🇦 Social Media Strategist+Instructor. Ethical Blogger/Content Creator. Former Journalist. @YEGCatFest #IGWallsofYEG #BTSARMY. Open about my infertility.

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