Taxes have snow where to go but up

This week, the mayor gave the state of the city, and like city council meetings, you probably didn’t watch it. We’ll tell you the important parts, plus our first look at next year’s tax increase. Which will, definitely, be an increase.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Bike swap

• Alberta Bike Swap returns with family-friendly addition

Juno Awards

• After almost 20 years, Edmonton will once again host Canada's Juno Awards

Garden life

• Edmontonians invited to "Live the Garden Life" during the Year of the Garden 2022

State of the City

• Mayor slams province, praises region, in State of the City address
• Edmonton Mayor Sohi blasts province in state of city address
• Mayor Amarjeet Sohi State of The City 2022 (PDF)

Transit safety

• Sohi says latest LRT attack 'really scares people away' from transit, asks for provincial help
• CTLA news release

Tax increase

• Edmonton heads toward tough budget with steep tax increases or deep service cuts
• Edmonton considers spending millions more on snow clearing

Blatchford

• Edmonton councillor concerned about pace, affordability of Blatchford development

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