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3 days 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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4 days 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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1 week 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 week 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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2 weeks 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.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant |Debbi Serafinchon
Edmonton eyes selling naming rights for 29 public facilities
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City administration is set to ask councillors to allow it to pursue discussions with potential sponsors about naming rights for 29 city-owned facilities, arguing in a report set for discussion on May 12 that it could generate up to $21 million over the next 10 years if allowed to do so.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
Bill 50 could allow money to 'overpower democracy': Knack
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One Edmonton city councillor says the United Conservative Party government's Bill 50 could create cascading financial disadvantages for independent candidates running against candidates who are part of a party in the municipal election in October.
"Not only does a political party essentially get to ...
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
Women Building Futures expands to Ontario
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A non-profit launched in 1998 that once borrowed space from the City of Edmonton to begin to offer women skills training for careers in the trades is now expanding its training programs to a third province.
Women Building Futures has expanded to Sarnia, ON, an attractive location because of the oil refineries and other industrial facilities there that are owned by Shell Canada, NOVA Chemicals, and Imperial Oil.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Councillor expenses, rezoning applications
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This week, council is scheduled to discuss travel budgets and expenses, and review several rezoning applications.
There is a utility committee meeting scheduled on May 5 and a non-regular city council meeting scheduled on May 6. There is a council services committee meeting scheduled on May 6 and a public hearing scheduled on May 7.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Kevin Holowack |Mariam Ibrahim |Colin Gallant
Council seeks potentially 'radical' solutions in Belgravia traffic assessment
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Edmonton city council has asked its administration to conduct a traffic study to find new ways to reduce the number of drivers avoiding congestion by taking shortcuts through the Belgravia neighbourhood's residential streets.
