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Colin Gallant

Reporter

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Colin is a reporter for Taproot Edmonton. They studied journalism at Mount Royal University and has been an editor for publications including Avenue Calgary, BeatRoute Magazine and The Calgary Journal.

Colin is also the co-founder of a QTBIPOC advocacy group called Pink Flamingo. Each year, they write and/or edit more than 200 band bios for Sled Island Music & Arts Festival. They have two dogs and love riding their bicycle.


Recent work by Colin

Three people in shirts that read "Elev" pose in a kitchen.
business housing

Elev and Five Oaks launch student housing project called The Hive

Student-housing matchmaker Elev has teamed with renowned architect Gene Dub's Five Oaks Inc. to open a housing development for students in the Quarters called The Hive.

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Three people on a stage. The one on the right hands an award to the one in the middle.
technology business

RUNWITHIT Synthetics secures $3.5M investment to put its tools into more hands

The $3.5 million investment RUNWITHIT Synthetics has received from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners will allow the company to create new products for more customers across the globe and to hire more people, including in business development, to allow it to establish further hubs for people who make change.

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Two people pose in an office.
business technology

CarePros growth spurs new company and product launch

The people behind growing child-intervention agency CarePros are launching a new company that offers the software they have developed to allow healthcare providers in Alberta and beyond to focus less on paperwork, data encryption, and data insights, and more on actual care.

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Four people sit at two cocktail tables with four microphones in front of a projector screen that reads "Homestead Investment Cooperative."
business downtown

Panel suggests Edmonton struggles to promote itself

Edmonton has fallen behind other cities when it comes to how it promotes and talks about itself to the outside world, the speakers on a panel focused on identifying ways to speak more positively about the city said recently.

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A muddy construction site flanked by businesses.
city council podcast

Podcast hosts talk Stony Plain Road, Edmonton Elks, property taxes

A failed effort to support Stony Plain Road business owners through construction pain, the sale of the Edmonton Elks, and a potential 13% increase to property taxes were the hot topics discussed in Episode 273 of Speaking Municipally, Taproot's municipal affairs podcast hosted by Mack Male and Troy Pavlek.

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A bison head mounted on the wall of a log cabin.
history indigenous

How a bison head helped change the Pioneers Cabin into the Bison Lodge

The Northern Alberta Pioneers and Descendants Association has changed the name of the iconic Pioneers Cabin on 99 Street NW to the Bison Lodge.

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A person in profile stands at a podium.
business region

Edmonton Global's listening tour will lead to change: Bruce

Malcolm Bruce, CEO of Edmonton Global, says the organization's now complete six-month listening tour has produced insights that could result in changes, including potential shifts to how the organization is funded and governed.

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A photo of a small van that has been branded for Flat Boy Burgers
business food

Why do Edmonton businesses love kei cars?

Kei cars and trucks are fun-sized vehicles from Japan that Thirsty Rider Cycles, Sea Change Brewing, Flat Boy Burgers and other businesses love because they are rolling marketing campaigns and just plain fun.

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An Edmonton Transit Service bus parked next to trees and a standing person reading a book.
transit region

Edmonton Transit Service seeks more input from youth

The Edmonton Transit Service is doing qualitative research with young Edmontonians because their opinions are underrepresented in research, even though they make up at least 40% of ridership, says the service's branch manager.

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