How long can you hold your bladder? If you’re out and about in Edmonton, you might find out the hard way if you’re caught without a public washroom nearby. Publicly accessible toilets are a big part of urban planning, but they can be challenging to implement. Reporter Liam Harrap took stock of Edmonton’s public washrooms and looked into the city’s plan to ensure everyone has a place to go when nature calls.
When Edmontonians text Transit Watch, ETS’s safety reporting hotline, it reveals what’s actually happening on our transit system. But where do those messages go? The CBC obtained a month's worth of messages to Transit Watch. The CBC’s Madeleine Cummings breaks down rider’s concerns, and how their experiences shape the future and function of ETS.
Bike lane controversy is not going away in Edmonton — if anything it’s getting louder. This fall the provincial government plans to introduce legislation that would allow them to remove bike lanes in cities, and in the meantime neighbours are opposing new active transportation pathways in progress throughout the city. So how many people are actually using Edmonton’s bike lanes? CBC reporter Emily Williams looks at the numbers and what we know.
When Delwin Vriend’s legal battle lands in the Supreme Court of Canada, public debate turns ugly. And like it or not, Delwin and his legal team become the faces of the battle to protect sexual orientation; heroes to some, and villains to others. Host Falen Johnson and journalist Clare Bonnyman bring us behind the scenes of the fateful SCC case, Vriend v Alberta, and a ruling that breaks new ground for 2SLGBTQ+ people, but also breaks Delwin. Even after proclaiming “Ha-ha, I win,” he faces hard choices about how to handle the legacy of the case in his life.Want to listen to more episodes of See You in Court? Click here.
Delwin Vriend isn’t seeking the spotlight. As an introverted gay man, working at an Edmonton Christian school in the 1990s, he keeps a low profile. But when he’s fired for being gay, he knows he needs to push back in a very public way.Host Falen Johnson and journalist Clare Bonnyman recount the case of Vriend v Alberta, and the loud and sometimes lewd court battles that see a judge turn his chair to the wall when Vriend’s lawyers speak; newspapers plastering his photo next to a pic of a convicted pedophile; and a government scrambling to shut his case down.Want to listen to more episodes of See You in Court? Click here.