Cutting the celery for city staff
Download MP3While lead poisoning threatens to kill us all, Troy and Mack talk about snow plowing in a post-substance-that-shall-not-be-named era, budget cuts and plagiarism!
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Hipster vs. Boomer
Edmonton-opoly
Downtown Farmers Market
Police Budget
Snow Plowing
EEDC Audit
- Audit calls on Edmonton's economic agency to clarify what it does
- Edmonton councillor wonders if EEDC will change after audit calls for clarity
Budget Restraint
- GUEST COLUMN: Budget changes call for restraint at city
- No new taxes: Edmonton mayor says city will ‘trim’ to balanced budget following cuts to provincial funding
Lead-tainted Water
- Edmonton residents have been drinking tap water with lead levels as high as 120 times the federal limit
- Edmonton's lead-tainted water still safe to drink, Epcor says
Metro Line LRT
- Metro Line Update: new signalling system taking shape
- New signalling system to be installed on Metro Line LRT, seven months after terminating Thales contract
Power Battle
- Edmonton radio stations head to court over 'POWER' branding
- Power 107 parent company fires back at copyright infringement claims
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