Speaking Municipally

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Playoffs Underway

• 'It's SO on!': Edmonton, Winnipeg mayors make playoff bet

In-Person Learning

• Alberta expects K-12 classroom learning to resume next week after temporary online shift amid third wave of COVID-19

Project TENSOR

• Edmonton police launch Project Tensor for second summer, aiming to curb noise and speeding

Sohi Announces

• Sohi – An Edmonton For All Of Us
• Amarjeet Sohi, former city councillor and federal cabinet minister, joins Edmonton mayoral race
• Andrew Knack's tweet

Vision Zero

• Vision Zero 2020 Annual Report
• News Release: Five years of Vision Zero: Improving safety on Edmonton's streets
• City tweet re: Street Labs
• City tweet re: 40 km/h

WEM Pedestrian Bridge

• Replacement West Edmonton Mall pedestrian bridge over 170 Street to cost $8M, city slated to pay half
• City planning $8M replacement for West Edmonton Mall pedestrian bridge
• Andrew Knack's tweet

Upzoning for City Plan

• Rezoning applications propose increased density in Windsor Park and Westmount

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network: locally grown, community supported.

This week we highlighted the SHIFT Podcast by Alberta Innovates which showcases the work being done in the province's innovation ecosystem. The latest episode features Craig Milne, CEO of Copperstone Technologies, a company that offers robots as a service to mining companies. We also talked about The Well Endowed Podcast from the Edmonton Community Foundation. Episode 95 features a conversation with Kristine Archibald, executive director of the River Valley Alliance (RVA).

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