Episode Details

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Hi Jagmeet

• NDP Leader Singh talks jobs, support for workers and health care during Edmonton pitstop

LRT Testing

• LRT trains begin testing on Edmonton's Valley Line Southeast

Oilers Schedule

• Edmonton Oilers announce team's 2021 pre-season schedule, including games against Flames, Kraken

Guest: Dustin Bajer

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Shrubscriber
• Forest City Plants
• 2019: The Case of the Capilano Apricots

Tree Love

• Root for Trees
• Public Tree Bylaw proposed to help protect Edmonton's urban forest
• Watch out for that tree: Idylwylde residents push back against City of Edmonton planting project in pocket park
• Emily Riddle's tweet
• The City Plan (see page 159)
• Emerald ash borer
• Tree open data
• 2017: How green is my city beyond the valley?

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

This week we highlighted Rümi, the newest member of the ATCO family. Rümi partners with local Alberta businesses and "carefully selected vendors" to "help deliver homeowner happiness." Services are currently available in Calgary and Edmonton. We also talked about the Alberta Association of Optometrists which works to provide "world class eye care for every Albertan." The organization represents almost 800 Doctors of Optometry in over eighty communities across the province.

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