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Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Snowplow names

• News Release: Name a Plow contest winners announced
• City official 'hearing a lot' from Edmontonians about snowy residential roads, says help coming soon - Edmonton

Collectible thefts

• Edmonton hobby stores hit by rash of break-ins targeting trading cards

Legislature grounds

• Redesigning Alberta's Legislature Grounds

Janice Johnston

• CBC News journalist Janice Johnston dies at 62

103A Avenue Pedway

• $26M single-sourced pedway project east of downtown Edmonton faces council vote
• Janz calls for Edmonton lobbyist registry in light of pitched no-bid $26.5 million pedway deal
• On the agenda: Coronation funding, pedway construction, climate reviews

Off-leash dog parks

• Edmonton may add 30 temporary off-leash dog parks this spring
• Off-leash dog parks set to pop up around Edmonton this spring in $300K pilot

Substantial completion standard

• New standard could help shift Edmonton's growth pattern

Valley Line LRT

• More cracks on concrete LRT beam in Edmonton are not a structural concern: TransEd

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