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A city councillor is seeking inquiry after a calcium chloride memo failed to reach council. Community pushback centers on damage to concrete, rebar failure, and environmental concerns documented in U.S. and European use dating back to the 1980s.
Japanese idol group Ma'Scar'Piece featured footage from their Animethon visit in their newest music video. Edmonton's second appearance in major Japanese media after Gundam featured the city in 2015.
Cell boosters are running at some LRT stations—Government to Central now gets full bars on your phone underground. Churchill still out, but progress.
Security caught two bike thieves at the Fringe this week but not before they nearly got through someone's lock. If you're heading to watch live music at the library area, either grab a rental scooter or keep an eye on your bike — seems the well-lit spots aren't stopping determined thieves right now.
Council's reconsidering whether to actually build fare gates on the LRT before next year's budget gets locked in. The pilot's been a question mark for a while, and now they're looking at the cost again.
Nearly 40 years living in Edmonton and a local just nearly stepped on a garter snake they'd never seen before. Camouflage working overtime.
Someone on an e-motorbike just blew past a pedestrian at 30 km/hr on the Rabbit Hill Road to Terwilliger path with zero warning. Locals saying these don't belong on sidewalks and paths.
A 7-year-old with autism got completely fascinated by sparkly paint bottles and wax melts during a Walmart tour near home. If you've got similar sensory spots around the city, someone's asking for tips.
parking complaints absolutely dominated the top 50 grievances Edmonton residents called in to 311 last year—way ahead of everything else. if you've been frustrated trying to find a spot, you're definitely not alone in it.
a 1929 plebiscite asked Edmonton voters if they'd support a year-round Wednesday "half-holiday" retail ban, and most voted yes—just not by enough. the city eventually passed a bylaw anyway. it lasted until 1985, when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Sunday shopping laws and the same year killed Wednesday bans too.
Someone's asking where the swings disappeared from O-day'min Park. They were apparently the best thing the park had going. No word yet on whether they're coming back.
Someone posted about the Beachcomber, the elaborate Polynesian restaurant that sat at 100A Street from 1963 until it was razed in 1980. Zane Feldman, the original owner of the Oilers, owned it. Folks who ate there in the '70s are reminiscing about the starlit sky, waterfall sounds, and romance of the place.
Free lawn signs from Forever Canadian are up for grabs this Sunday, August 23 at the north end of Ermineskin Park by the parking lot (10529 29 Avenue) from 2–4pm. You'll need to register ahead at forever-canadian.ca.
Gross, oily smell rolled through Alberta Avenue early Wednesday morning and hasn't let up. Anyone else catching it in the area?
CPKC women's golf tournament at Mayfair is eating up parking at Hawrelak and Emily Murphy parks this weekend. Skip the drive if you were planning to visit—logistics for the event have claimed most spaces.
Someone's sump pump in Edmonton is firing every hour since June—groundwater saturation hitting harder than expected even as rain slowed and weather warmed. Checking if yours is doing the same?
Blatchford's residential expansion is picking up pace—major excavation happening now for new housing and commercial buildings, way more homes visible than before. finally seeing movement on the project given how badly the city needs density inside the Henday and close to downtown.
Stuff a Bus, the annual school-supply drive, is expanding beyond Edmonton. the program collects donated supplies and loads them onto a bus for kids in need across Alberta.
copper thieves are destroying buildings for scraps. someone ripped copper wire off the Anderson Dawson Building near 106 Street on August 16, causing hundreds in damage for maybe $25 worth of metal. scrap yards keep paying them anyway.
non-profits are getting funding to buy and fix up low-cost housing. the new grant program means older buildings can stay affordable longer instead of getting flipped.
