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Ridesharing licenses

• Ride-hailing company Lyft asks Alberta to drop commercial licence requirement for drivers

Council budget review

• PSA: City recruiting task force to review Office of the Councillors budget

Rooftop solar array

• Edmonton building Canada's largest rooftop solar array

Police funding (increase, as always)

• Edmonton police get $10.3M boost with new Chinatown safety hub
• Chinatown operations hub funding gets green light from Edmonton city council
• Edmonton Police Service budget increase for 2022 cut to $1M, capital budget finalized
• City council agenda item

Gondola grounded

• Edmonton city council votes to halt Prairie Sky Gondola project
• Lack of reconciliation stops Edmonton city council from going forward with gondola project
• Council, experts say Edmonton needs official process for innovative projects
• Edmonton gondola needed better Indigenous consultation, councillor says
• Prairie Sky Facebook post about Indigenous name
• Councillor Aaron Paquette's tweet

Sanction hearing

• No punishment for Edmonton councillor Janz over 'pig' retweet
• Council agenda item

Valley Line delayed (again)

• TransEd Announces Delay in Valley Line Southeast Service Commencement
• Long delayed $1.8-billion Valley Line LRT stymied yet again
• P3 model not responsible for latest Valley Line LRT issues, Edmonton city councillor says

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