Whose jurisdiction is it anyway?

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

No holiday

• Sept. 19 declared a provincial day of mourning

Thanks Dave

• Dave Cournoyer's Valley Line LRT joke

Federal Building

• Honouring Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Regional transit

• Regional transit takes another step forward with Edmonton's continued support

Supportive housing

• New Edmonton supportive housing complexes ready for tenants but remain vacant
• Mack's tweet
• Edmonton police get $10.3M boost with new Chinatown safety hub

Single-use plastics

• Public hearing on Edmonton's proposed single-use plastics bylaw postponed until October

Funding parks

• New funding scheme aims to make park development more equitable

Voting data

• Group of 7: Here are the Edmonton councillors who are winning the most votes at city hall

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