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4 days ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
As McBryan announces EDBA exit, she sketches out a hopeful future for downtown
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Puneeta McBryan said she will leave her role as CEO of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association once she has helped hire a successor, but not because she is moving to a new gig or has ambitions for the coming municipal election.
"The decision was a long time coming," McBryan told Taproot. "My kid is growing up really fast, and I want to be home more.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon
Lexi Pendzich hopes to inspire people to build places with SKATE WORLD event
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Lexi Pendzich's latest event puts her love of art, skateboarding, and do-it-yourself culture into the hands of the community.
The free event, SKATE WORLD at Canora Courts, takes place on July 12 at the namesake skate park on the grounds of the Canora Community League. It is a drop-in art project and outdoor photo show that centres on skateboarding.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
City chose single-use plastics for its entertainment districts despite bylaw and concerns
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The City of Edmonton requires patrons in its entertainment districts downtown to use single-use plastic cups despite the concerns of its operating partner and its own efforts to reduce single-use plastics through a dedicated bylaw, Taproot has learned.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
Edmonton 2 Spirit Society to host first solo powwow
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The Edmonton 2 Spirit Society is hosting its first standalone powwow at Borden Park on June 28 to shine a spotlight on two-spirit people and what makes them who they are.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
Overhaul of street design standards could help Edmonton's finances
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Edmonton's newest streets and roads, as well as those being renewed and rehabilitated, could look different starting this fall, as the City of Edmonton is changing its street design standards.
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
Why one musician has joined many others who aren't touring the U.S.
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Independent recording artist Cassia Hardy is part of a growing number of performers who are reconsidering booking gigs in the United States, and even trying to build American audiences.
"(When I think about) the struggles and the inhumanity that migrants trying to enter the United States face, it makes me sick to think about personally participating in that system," Hardy told Taproot.
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
Scription plots growth in fast-food maintenance after US$7.85M investment
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With a fresh US$7.85-million investment in hand, Justin Villiers said Scription is supersizing its predictive maintenance tech that boosts profit margins for both quick-serve food operators and the maintenance companies they rely on.
"The secret of how this all works is preventive maintenance," Villiers, a co-founder, past CEO, and the current chief strategy officer for Scription, told Taproot.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Kevin Holowack |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon
Happy Beer Street brewers propose car-free street for patios and pedestrians
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If the sun's out on a Saturday, the street in front of Bent Stick Brewing is plastered with people, co-owner Cole Boyd told Taproot.
"Specifically on weekends in the summer, if the weather's at all nice, the street is nuts," Boyd said in an interview at the Bent Stick taproom.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
Students earn credits by helping FireSafe AI manage wildfires
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FireSafe AI CEO Nafaa Haddou has returned to his alma mater to offer students credit for helping his company tackle how artificial intelligence and tech can address the growing wildfire problem in Alberta.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
The Drive AI aims to make file management smarter
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Fresh off winning the Rising Star of the Year award at this year's YEG Startup Community Awards, Bigyan Karki said he's working to develop the world's first fully agentic file system.
"We want all file operations to be handled by natural language," Karki, 28, told Taproot about The Drive AI.
