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Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Vital Signs

• Single adults struggling to make ends meet: Edmonton Vital Signs report

HBO Filming

• HBO's The Last of Us shooting near Rice Howard Way in mid October

QR Codes

• Alberta rolls out vaccine QR codes without app, will not replace paper records

Downtown Construction

• 2013: LRT Construction Downtown: Short-term pain, long-term gain!
• Jasper Avenue construction completed after 2 years
• City of Edmonton tweet
• Brent Toderian tweet

Campaign Disclosures

• Troy's tweet thread

Housing and Police

• Housing First question
• Police racism question
• Police budget question
• Edmonton police chief contract extended to 2026
• Edmonton police chief commits to addressing crime, social disorder in city's downtown

Election Rundown

• Municipal election rundown: Oct. 6, 2021
• Voter turnout in Edmonton triples since 2017 in first two days of advance polls
• Vanessa Denman: Our ability to choose has been taken away
• NDP denies running Edmonton city council 'slate,' defends endorsements
• Ask YEG Mayoral Candidate Kim Krushell Anything
• Amarjeet Sohi: An Edmontonian Musical

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