This week, we take you inside city hall for the swearing-in ceremony and inaugural city council meeting of the 2025-2029 term. Plus, we look at possible changes to provincial electoral boundaries in Edmonton, and hear from some municipal election scrutineers.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Swearing-in ceremony

• Edmonton's new city council starts work by identifying priorities
• Don Iveson's post
• You're likely to hear the same debates at city hall despite new council
• Edmonton's everyman: Andrew Knack's journey to the mayor's seat

Electoral boundaries

• Calgary, Edmonton to gain seats under proposed electoral boundary redraw
• Most Edmontonians will vote in new or redrawn ridings next provincial election: interim report
• Commission report (PDF)

Election scrutineers

• The election count through the eyes of scrutineers: 'It broke down completely'

Teacher strike

• Students return to Alberta schools after historic teachers' strike screeches to a halt
• 'Mixed feelings' among Alberta students, parents amid return to school after 3-week strike
• The economic fallout of the Alberta teachers' strike and what comes next
• Alberta labour leaders gauge interest in general strike after suspension of teachers' bargaining rights
• News Release: Better data, better outcomes for Alberta students
• News Release: Showcasing Alberta in the Middle East

Rapid fire

• A timeline of Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry's relationship
• Soaring Blue Jays and struggling Dodgers face duelling pressures in Game 6 of World Series

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