Episode Details

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Provincial Election

• Alberta’s 2019 election underway as Premier Notley drops the writ

Hockey Success

• Edmonton Oil Kings secure Central Division title

Killer Coyotes

• Coyotes behind cat killings in Edmonton area, U of A study concludes

Patronage

• Elise Stolte: Time to raise the bar and ban patronage in city councillors' offices

Speed Limits

• Elise Stolte: I want more than speed traps; new cultural approach needed for residential speeding
• City councillors recommend blanket 40 km/h speed limit on residential roads after pleas from road safety advocates
• Jon Dziadyk
• How to stop discounting pedestrian deaths

Journalism Funding

• Jesse Brown's Twitter thread
• What the federal budget offers Canada’s struggling journalism industry

Speaking Municipally is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. This week we talked about the Edmonton Community Foundation which builds relationships that strengthen the Edmonton community. They also produce The Well Endowed Podcast. We also highlighted fellow APN member I Have Some Notes which takes a movie that sucked, but had potential, and puts it through a vigorous podcasting notes process to try to turn it into a blockbuster.

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