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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 |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 |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 | 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.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant |Debbi Serafinchon
Paths for People celebrates a decade of street surgery
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About 10 years ago, while Michael Phair and other residents in Wîhkwêntôwin were pushing the city to build a bike lane in their neighbourhood, Anna Ho and Conrad Nobert were doing the same across the river in Strathcona. Eventually, the two sides teamed up to form Paths for People, which in the decade since has successfully advocated for Edmonton to build better options for people who walk, roll, and cycle.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Zoning bylaw update, animal control, new budget process
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This week, council committees will review the first year of the updated zoning bylaw, consider increased fines for animal attacks, and preview the new budget process that will begin in 2026.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
One year after zoning reform, housing surges but sprawl continues
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The way and the speed at which Edmonton develops is starting to change, thanks in part to the updated zoning bylaw, according to city administration.
Travis Pawlyk, branch manager of development services, told Taproot on May 23 that the city approved 16,511 new dwelling units in 2024, a 30% increase compared to 2023. The number of development permits the city issued also increased by 41% in 2024.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant |Debbi Serafinchon
Noted: Knack announces he's running for mayor
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Andrew Knack, the city councillor representing Ward Nakota Isga, joined the hosts of Episode 309 of Speaking Municipally shortly after announcing that he's running for mayor in the October municipal election.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant |Debbi Serafinchon
Council to vote on upzoning more than 1,200 properties
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City council is set to vote on May 20 on whether to proactively upzone more than 1,200 lots in Garneau, Wîhkwêntôwin, and the Stony Plain Road area to allow commercial uses and greater density.
The lots are located in what the city calls priority growth areas. These areas are expected to experience the most development in the short-term.
