Speaking Municipally

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Live Show

• Speaking Municipally Live on Oct. 24 at 3pm at Startup Edmonton with Councillors Hamilton & Knack

Calgary Climate Non-Emergency

• 'Over my dead body': Little interest in declaring state of climate emergency among Calgary councillors

Mayfield Toyota at WEM

• Mayfield Toyota announces 118,000-square-foot dealership plans for West Edmonton Mall

Greta Thunberg

• Climate activist Greta Thunberg to rally in Edmonton Friday

Designated Smoking

• Council Roundup: October 11, 2019

Heritage Buildings

• City to finance $1 million for Brighton Block, Strathcona Hotel projects, amidst heritage fund capacity concerns

Farmers Market

• ‘The work simply couldn’t be completed’: Owner of building housing indoor farmers market didn’t have proper permits in place

Regional Waste

• Edmonton pushing for regional garbage plan sooner rather than later

Value for Taxes

• Labour and business leaders challenge City of Edmonton's value for taxes

Starbucks Closures

• Prominent locations among local Starbucks closing down

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we highlighted the Canadian debut of Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes which runs Oct. 19 to Feb. 17 at the TELUS World of Science Edmonton. We also talked about ATB's support of hockey in Alberta, from peewee to the pros.

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