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Tough trade-offs coming in $510-million Yellowhead Trail upgrades: officials
Council took a collective gulp before approving a $510-million borrowing bylaw for Yellowhead Trail upgrades Tuesday. “This could be the greatest project in the world. It could also be a disaster if we...
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Council OK's request to study entry requirements for Edmonton municipal...
City council tip-toed toward re-examining entrance requirements for civic elections Tuesday, debating for nearly an hour a motion to have staff report on the issue. That request passed 9-2, which means...
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David Staples: South got the tracks, and north got the shaft?: LRT feeds city...
The rivalry between Edmontonians on the north and south sides of the North Saskatchewan River has been quiet for generations, but that peace has come to an end. A number of north-side Edmontonians have...
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David Staples: Two steps forward on photo radar, one back on mass transit
Edmonton city council is taking two steps forward on photo radar, one step back on mass transit. On the plus side, we have Coun. Dave Loken, one of the city’s most ardent defenders of photo radar,...
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Police won't lay charges after spat between Coun. Dave Loken and an opposing...
Edmonton police will not lay any charges following an angry confrontation between a city councillor and an opposing candidate in the upcoming municipal election. That ends one chapter in what has...
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Paula Simons: Edmonton voters put councillors on notice
It wasn’t the kind of history, I’m sure, that Dave Loken wanted to make. The conventional wisdom is that it’s next to impossible to unseat an incumbent city councillor. In the last 20 years, only one...
View ArticleRisks identified in sale of Edmonton parkland for 80-storey tower
The 80-storey tower dangles like a carrot before council. But there's significant risk, says a public report released Thursday on the possible land sale. There's little in the agreement that would...
View ArticleDavid Staples: Two steps forward on photo radar, one back on mass transit
It's welcome that the municipal government — which used to be utterly secretive about major aspects of photo radar enforcement — is now willing to publish these photo radar locations online.
View ArticlePaula Simons: Jon Dziadyk — with a silent D — pulls off election upset
The citizens are restive. (Well, at least the 31.5 per cent of them who bothered to vote.)
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