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On a Midlife well-lived
In the same week that many ironically wished they could just turn 40 already, longtime friends Sarah Chan and Jhenifer Pabillano dropped a sparkly new anthology that uniquely celebrates the milestone.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Indigenous entrepreneurs on the rise in Alberta
Mallory Yawnghwe is determined to help people share stories and reconnect through her brand-new business venture: Indigenous Box.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Health Canada to invest $16M in virtual care in Alberta
Alberta is receiving $16 million in federal funding to expand virtual care services across the province.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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Regional hydrogen group launches with $2M in funding
The first hydrogen hub in Canada launched last week with $2M in funding from three levels of government.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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Edmonton-area municipalities will co-invest to attract business to the region
Thirteen Edmonton-area municipalities have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving collaboration to bring more investment to the region.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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City council endorses heritage nomination for North Saskatchewan River
Edmonton is the latest in the long list of municipalities along the North Saskatchewan River to endorse designating 818 kilometres of it as a Canadian Heritage River, which could encourage tourism and greater protections against ecological damage — such as contamination from coal mining.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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Making Edmonton Digital helps businesses get online
Making Edmonton Digital, a partnership between the University of Alberta, City of Edmonton, and Digital Main Street, is helping local businesses create and maintain an engaging online presence.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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Spontivly and Rainforest Edmonton partner to build more community-led companies
Spontivly is aiming to help build more community-led companies through a newly announced partnership with Rainforest Edmonton.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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City of Edmonton anticipates $400M gap in provincial infrastructure funding
A new report suggests the City of Edmonton will receive $400 million less in provincial infrastructure funding than originally anticipated.
Monday, April 19, 2021
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A weekday news briefing that informs you about what's going on in Edmonton.
Thursday, April 22
In this edition: Midlife is a collection of essays from Edmonton's Gen X/millenial cusp, Indigenous entrepreneurs are on the rise in Alberta, a look back at 1929, and our weekend agenda.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Wednesday, April 21
In this edition: city council has endorsed a heritage nomination for the North Saskatchewan River, municipalities in the region have agreed to collaborate to land new investment, and our weekly Cree lesson.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Tuesday, April 20
In this edition: Making Edmonton Digital is a new program helping businesses to get online, temperatures in Edmonton are rising, and Spontivly and Rainforest Edmonton partner to build more community-led companies.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Roundups
Weekly newsletters that go deeper on topics of interest.
Arts Roundup: April 22, 2021
The latest on local arts from Taproot Edmonton. In the same week that many ironically wished they could just turn 40 already, longtime friends Sarah Chan and Jhenifer Pabillano dropped a sparkly new anthology that uniquely celebrates the milestone.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Read this editionRegional Roundup: April 21, 2021
The latest headlines & happenings from across the Edmonton region. Thirteen Edmonton-area municipalities have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving collaboration to bring more investment to the region.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Read this editionHealth Innovation Roundup: April 21, 2021
The latest headlines & happenings in health innovation in Edmonton. Alberta is receiving $16 million in federal funding to expand virtual care services across the province.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Read this editionFood Roundup: April 20, 2021
The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton food. Making Edmonton Digital, a partnership between the University of Alberta, City of Edmonton, and Digital Main Street, is helping local businesses create and maintain an engaging online presence.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Read this editionTech Roundup: April 20, 2021
The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. Spontivly is aiming to help build more community-led companies through a newly announced partnership with Rainforest Edmonton.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Read this editionBusiness Roundup: April 16, 2021
The latest headlines & happenings in local business. San Francisco's Spin released hundreds of red and white e-scooters into Old Strathcona and downtown Edmonton earlier this week as the company prepares to make its official debut in Canada this weekend.
Friday, April 16, 2021
Read this editionBlog Posts
Updates on what Taproot Edmonton has been up to recently.
Another progress report on the People’s Agenda
We're halfway through our series of listening sessions on the issues raised by the initial respondents to our People's Agenda project, so this is a good time to look back at what we've learned and look ahead to what's next.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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Taproot Edmonton reflects on the weekend everything changed
This weekend marks the anniversary of when everything changed. In addition to that look back, Taproot Edmonton has been documenting milestones throughout the pandemic on our COVID-19 in Edmonton timeline. In this post, the Taproot Edmonton team refle...
Saturday, March 13, 2021
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Taproot launches People’s Agenda listening sessions
We invite you to join us for some or all of our weekly listening sessions to further uncover what is important to you as we head towards the municipal election on Oct. 18. The first one is set for noon March 11, and it will tackle this question that ...
Friday, March 5, 2021
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