Emergency Managed

Speaking Municipally

An emergency management committee meeting was punctuated with an actual emergency at City Hall. Plus, several things are on the way out: the downtown farmers market, the name "Oliver", and Adam Laughlin.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

City Hall Incident

• 'Heavily armed' man arrested after shots fired, Molotov cocktail thrown in Edmonton city hall
• 'Heavily armed' suspect acted alone in Edmonton City Hall shooting: police
• City Hall shooter charged
• Police charge man after attack on Edmonton city hall
• Stories of bravery emerging after Edmonton City Hall shooting
• Grade 1 students from Edmonton public school on field trip at city hall when shooting occurred

Single-Use Items

• Edmonton to increase fee for paper and reusable bags
• On the agenda: Bag fees, flood mitigation, travel budget

Wîhkwêntôwin

• Oliver no more: Edmonton neighbourhood adopts new Cree name

City Market

• Edmonton Downtown Farmers' Market forced to move amid high utility costs, low foot traffic
• "Critical financial situation": Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market board recommends shutdown
• 'Shocking' closure of Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market sparks new collective seeking kitchen space

Edmonton Unlimited

• Catherine Warren ousted from Edmonton Unlimited

Adam Laughlin

• Top bureaucrat exodus continues in Edmonton with fifth deputy city manager departure in one year
• Episode 128: The former big cheese on inteGRATED infrastructure

Edmonton Oilers

• Will the Oilers' streak pay off with a Stanley Cup? What history says

Fossil first

• 72-million-year-old sturgeon discovered in Edmonton is a fossil first

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