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If you’re not familiar with Edmonton’s current flag, don’t worry – most people aren’t. Here’s what it looks like: At Council today I put forward a motion asking city staff to collect public input on our current flag, as well as specifically collect feedback on Ryan McCourt’s flag design, presented by the Confederacy of Treaty 6… Read More
Today I was happy to welcome attendees of the Canadian Urbanism Planning Summit (CanU8) to Edmonton and share the City’s agenda for Urban Shift. Edmonton is undergoing significant physical and cultural changes as we shift from being a “big small town” to one of Canada’s leading big cities. With our population closing in on a million… Read More
When I was three years old, my best friend in daycare was a kid named Carl. Carl and I did everything together – we shared toys, collaborated on macaroni art projects and ate lunch side by side, every single day. It wasn’t until later that Carl’s skin colour became something that seemed to matter, something… Read More
To date, Edmonton has never seen a residential building of the scale that City Council approved at its Public Hearing on Monday night. At 45 storeys, the Emerald will be four times higher and double the density than the current zoning allows. When it’s all said and done, it will add 500+ people to the Oliver… Read More
The best way you can help remains donating to the Red Cross online or by texting “Redcross” to 30333 for a quick and easy $5 donation. All of these funds will be matched by both the federal and provincial governments. Words cannot even begin to express the range of emotions we have all felt over these past… Read More