Speaking Municipally

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Rapid DNA

• Edmonton is first city in Canada to debut Rapid DNA Technology

Candy Cane Lane

• YEG Candy Cane Lane
• CTV Regina: Cold temperatures close down Candy Cane Lane for a second night

Energy War Room

• Alberta's energy 'war room' launches in Calgary

Innovation & EEDC

• Getting clarity: Report recommends scaling back EEDC’s role to tourism, conventions
• Sarah Hamilton: Economic Development: Setting A New Path for Our City
• Mack's tweet threads: 1, 2
• Edmonton surges in CBRE Canadian tech talent report

BRT vs. LRT

• David Staples: We can have premium rapid transit to West Edmonton Mall — and save $1 billion
• ‘Things have changed’: Petition calls for Edmonton LRT expansion to stop
• Letter to Mayor Iveson
• Letter to David Staples
• Results of the vote

Valley Line LRT

• Valley Line LRT to Mill Woods delayed 6 months, documents say
• Mike Nickel's comments to CBC

Budget

• David Staples: Business leaders call for property tax freeze in 'Spendmonton'
• Lewis Farms Recreation Centre shelved amid budget crunch

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we talked about A Tale of Two Weeklies, a new podcast series "that digs into the rise and fall of Edmonton’s SEE Magazine and Vue Weekly, two alt-weeklies engaged in a newspaper war that neither survived." We also highlighted the TELUS World of Science Edmonton, home to the Canadian debut of Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes, an exhibition on until Feb. 17 that "features more than 300 artifacts, including some of Marvel’s most iconic and sought-after pages, costumes, and props."

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