Here's the latest from Taproot Edmonton
![Four smiling people in business attire pose in front of a banner reading "ESIO."]](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2023/09/28/esio-sif.jpg "ESIO reveals how it will spend part of rejigged fund")
The Edmonton Screen Industries Office is now spreading the word on three new streams of funding as part of its $4-million Strategic Initiatives Fund for capacity-building.
A longtime Edmonton rapper is dedicating his forthcoming sophomore album to the working class.
A Singapore-based company that cuts costs for small- and medium-sized biotech firms is setting up its North American headquarters in Edmonton.
An Edmonton-based pioneer in AI is partnering with a well-financed veteran of video-game development in a quest to develop artificial general intelligence by 2030.
The ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists might slow the flow of American productions coming to the region, though they also present opportunities for local creatives.
Stakeholder groups are rallying their supporters ahead of a public hearing on Oct. 16, after which Edmonton's city council will decide whether to adopt a new zoning bylaw.
A chef with more than 20 years of experience just opened the first restaurant of his own in the former Three Boars space in Garneau.
The four hospitality veterans behind a new restaurant in central-west Edmonton have been thrilled by the neighbourhood response so far.
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The Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board has approved a plan for the development of the area around Villeneuve Airport, reversing an earlier stance that had Sturgeon County questioning whether the regional body was working for its smaller members.
