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3 days ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Tax increase, integrity commissioner, sidewalk improvements
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This week, council will meet to finalize the 2025 property tax increase, hear from the integrity commissioner, and vote on spending money to improve sidewalks in Overlanders. There is a city council meeting scheduled on April 22 and 23.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Ben Roth |Debbi Serafinchon
Homeward Trust grapples with changing municipal, provincial funding systems
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The provincial government's move to "take out the middleman" from its funding of organizations that serve those experiencing homelessness could disrupt the sector's ability to respond nimbly to people in need, according to the head of an organization that currently disperses those funds.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
Nanoprecise expects profitability soon after US$38M raise
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As the founder of one of the rare Edmonton companies to raise millions in venture capital, Sunil Vedula of Nanoprecise Sci Corp feels the weight of expectations, but he is also confident he can live up to them.
"This kind of investment does not happen very often in Edmonton, but I would love this kind of investment to happen more often in Edmonton," founder and CEO Sunil Vedula told Taproot.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Sharon Yeo |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant |Debbi Serafinchon
The Colombian brews plans for rapid expansion
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On the heels of opening two new cafés in six months in the Edmonton region, the founders of The Colombian are on a mission to grow their business exponentially.
"We are actively looking to open in 75 communities, internationally, in 10 years," said Santiago Lopez, co-owner of The Colombian.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
New drone rules see regional companies plan for takeoff
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Two companies from the region are already capitalizing on Transport Canada's planned November 2025 updates to its rules, which will allow drones to fly beyond the line of sight of their operators for the first time.
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
Fringe Festival marks fundraising milestone but eyes monetizing portable toilets
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While the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival has grown its monthly donors from 34 to 535 since launching its Sustain Fringe campaign one year ago, officials say it still needs to find more.
Megan Dart, the festival's executive director, said that while about 750,000 people attend Fringe each year, only 2% are monthly donors.
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
TransPod aimed for speed but points to province's rail plan for pause in building test track
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The Toronto-based company that gained welcome from the provincial government in 2020 to test and build a hyperloop that would travel at 1,000 kilometres per hour between Edmonton and Calgary said it now hopes to construct a full-scale test guideway in Edmonton in 2026, after pausing for the province to complete its Passenger Rail Master Plan.
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Indigenous-led housing, parking revenues, growing university
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This week, there is public hearing scheduled on April 7, a city council meeting scheduled on April 8 and 9, and an audit committee meeting scheduled on April 11.
Here are key items on this week's agenda:
Council will consider signing a letter of intent to collaborate on Indigenous-led housing and services with Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta at a council meeting on April 8.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon
Provincial push for data centres could spike emissions, researcher says
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The provincial government's effort to attract $100 billion in investment in hyperscale data centres in just five years would worsen Alberta's already outsized emissions from electricity production and could not be accommodated by the current public grid, a Pembina Institute researcher said.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Ben Roth |Debbi Serafinchon
Summit aims to help non-profits to work as an ecosystem
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ECVO is convening non-profit organizations that provide human services in Edmonton to focus on doing more without receiving additional money.
"Money is off the table because we don't have influence over that," Gemma Dunn, the executive director of ECVO, told Taproot about the upcoming Beyond the Status Quo Summit.
