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On the agenda: Chinatown BIA, City Plan, naloxone
This week, Edmonton's city council returns from its summer recess to discuss the financial statements from the associations that oversee business improvement areas, potential updates to the City Plan, and the implications of allowing city employees to administer naloxone while working.
PNWER fuels talk on regional approach to cross-border trade
The economic development leaders at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region Summit in Edmonton largely agreed that cooperating as a region is critical for navigating what's been described as a trade war between the United States and Canada.
Airports and munis agree to collaborate on defence
Leduc County, Sturgeon County, Cold Lake, and the Edmonton International Airport have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on aerospace and defence development.
Bio-Stream pulls money out of Thin Air
Bio-Stream Diagnostics has shared its experience securing hundreds of thousands of dollars in non-dilutive funding while participating in the Funding Catalyst program from Thin Air Labs.
Chameleon food brand summers at Bibo
Greg Sweeney's evolving HOM Street Food is an occasional pop-up restaurant, a catering and prepared meals service, a packaged food brand, and now the resident operator at Bibo Strathcona.
Innovation at KDays includes startups, video games, and robots
Hop off the midway or emerge from the beer garden into the air-conditioned Edmonton EXPO Centre and you'll find all manner of innovation on display at KDays.
Tech marketer makes a splash in beverage industry
The founder of Zyra Premium Vodka has used his tech-marketing playbook to build his beverage brand into a spirit of choice for elite Edmonton venues ahead of a public launch on July 25.
Pacific Northwest economic leaders return to Edmonton after 20 years
The Pacific Northwest Economic Region is bringing its flagship event back to Edmonton for the first time since 2006.
Sturgeon County residents call for transparency on data centres
Some residents of Sturgeon County say there hasn't been enough public input on Meta's $13-billion AI data centre, to be built at 56111 Range Road 223 in Alberta's Industrial Heartland.