It’s like graaaaaaaaaaaaiiiin, on Canada Day
Download MP3It at least stopped raining in the evening to allow people to set off some illegal fireworks.
This week, the school board really gets their act together and organizes so that they can accomplish their goal of *checks notes* doing exactly nothing. Plus the e-bike rebate is cancelled because *checks notes* McKeen didn't read reports before.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
ESO
High School
Homophobic Tweet
E-Bike Rebates
- Edmonton backpedals on e-bike rebate program
- Edmonton city council to reconsider e-bike rebate if motion passes
- E-bike rebate program sells out in days
- News Release: City launches environment rebates to help stimulate economy
- Mike Nickel's tweets
- Energy Transition Strategy Update
Andrew Cowan
EPSB Redux
Affordable Housing
- City votes to sell land to Homeward Trust to build housing to help end homelessness
- Don Iveson's tweets
- Mike Nicke's tweets
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