Episode Details

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The river

• Why does Edmonton's water smell a bit funky?
• Walking on ice can be a life or death decision

Red Deer

• Further IIHF event updates
• UCP leadership to be decided by mail-in ballot, Jean accuses Kenney camp of cheating

NFTs

• Edmonton lays claim to world's first NFT book, written by Todd Babiak and donated to the EPL
• World's first book published as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Available to Borrow Exclusively at the Edmonton Public Library

Mask bylaws

• Edmonton city council rejects mandating masks at recreation centres

Public washrooms

• City of Edmonton closes nearly all public washrooms in transit stations to reduce drug poisoning risk
• Feb. 22 agenda item
• 2021 Alberta drug poisoning stats
• How public washrooms help make a city work well

Jennifer Rice

• Troy's tweet

Progress Report

• Mack's tweet thread
• The Edmonton Police are trying to silence us, it won't work
• The Progress Report has filed a discreditable conduct complaint against Chief McFee

EVER Square

• Calgary Trail development gets zoning go-ahead but without bike paths some councillors wanted
• Agenda item
• EVER Square

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