Just Some UpDates

Mill Creek, the WEM Footbridge to Nowhere, vehicle noise, bike share, boring City Council reports and parking all make an appearance but we don't talk at length about any of them. Like the title says, these are just some updates.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Time Capsule

• Fort Edmonton Park 1967 centennial time capsule opened: ‘It’s a connection to our past’

Helpful Transit Driver

• Edmonton bus driver praised for helping elderly passenger with groceries

Postmedia Lobbyist

• Postmedia hires former Kenney staffer to lobby Alberta government on involvement in ‘energy war room’

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WEM Footbridge

• Councillor Knack on Facebook

Mill Creek Daylighting

• 'It knocks the heck out of the banks': Resident calls for study of stormwater flow in Mill Creek

Iveson/Kenney

• Edmonton mayor describes meeting with Premier Kenney before throne speech as ‘positive’

Bike Shares

• Wednesday's letters: Who wants to share bikes?
• Thursday's letters: Cycling keeps you looking young

Vehicle Noise

• City councillors order pilot project for ticketing noisy muffler owners

Facade Improvement

• Council Roundup: May 17, 2019
• From 2017: Edmonton councillors call for commercial investment program top up
• From 2018: Neighbourhood businesses call for $2 million more in renovation help

Parking Restrictions

• Elise Stolte: Angry residents spent $11,000 in lawyer fees to get two-hour parking restriction

PKN 34

• Troy is speaking!

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