TREEGATE

There isn't going to be a Christmas tree in Churchill Square this year. We speak with Puneeta McBryan, executive director of the Downtown Business Association about why that is, and what is happening in its stead

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Taylor Swift

• Taylor Swift speaks out after Ticketmaster cancels her tour's general ticket sale: 'It pisses me off'

School masks

• Edmonton Public Schools asks province to bring back mask mandates during illness outbreaks

Net-zero home

• Edmonton couple spend 20 years transforming '60s bungalow into comfortable net-zero home

Guest: Puneeta McBryan

• @puneeta00
• LinkedIn

Treegate

• Holiday Light Up
• Mayor Sohi's tweet
• CTV's original story
• Edmonton's cancelled giant Christmas tree offered 'no direct value' to businesses: EDBA
• 'So much more that Christmas can be': Mayor says of Holiday Light Up minus big tree

Arc cards

• News Release: Get ready for Arc; Edmonton region's fare payment system welcomes more riders
• City of Edmonton tweet

Heritage Festival

• Heritage Festival moving to Borden Park, Exhibition Lands for 3 years due to Hawrelak Park closure

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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

Puneeta McBryan

Executive Director of the Downtown Business Association (she/her)

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