In the summer season closer, Troy and Mack speak with Livia Balone, the director of Zoning Bylaw Renewal at the City of Edmonton.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Fear mongering

• EPS may be spreading fear with remarks about violence downtown: criminologist

Law citation

• Law society issues citation to another former Alberta justice minister

Smoke show

• Summer of smoke among the worst on record for Alberta's biggest cities


• Here's how many hours of smoke Edmonton's had this year

Guest: Livia Balone

• LinkedIn

Zoning Bylaw Renewal

• Updating the zoning Arugulations (Repeating Municipally)


• Missing the forest for the mature trees


• Opposition to zoning bylaw renewal draws writer into the fray


• Zoning Bylaw Renewal Initiative

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