I'm the TMZ of Edmonton City Councilhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mk77qzm3tk2oNo, making DST permanent is probably not anti-democratic. The referendum failed by a slim 0.2% margin, but consultations by both NDP and UCP show this is what the MOST Albertans wanted. No consultation or vote shows a preference for standard time.23 Apr 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk77qzm3tk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mjx3e7gvac24You're going to hear people talking about experts saying DST hurts circadian rhythm. However, more evening daylight encourages activity, the single best thing we can do to improve public health. Traffic fatalities, especially vs pedestrians are reduced with more evening daylight.20 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx3e7gvac24https://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mjwz6scumk2qAlberta is moving to permanent daylight time. No more changing the clocks. Long summer evenings. Bits of sun after work in winter. Lloydminster will finally be one time zone. Announced via Rick "Every Paragraph is One Sentence" Bell.20 Apr 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwz6scumk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mjpxrq2ryk2jIf you perform yard cleanup this (gorgeous) weekend, you're committing pollinator-cide. It's not time yet. The bugs and bees are still sleeping. Leave your leaves and delay yard cleanup until it warms up consistently. Don't kill the bees.17 Apr 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpxrq2ryk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mjihtnetvc2kThis is the most damaging thing conservatives have done to Canada14 Apr 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjihtnetvc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mj6iruw2ek2tEdmonton has only one source of water: The North Sask. Danielle Smith will sell us down the river, for coal. Thankfully we have people like @corblund.bsky.social and @waternotcoalab.bsky.social putting in the time, effort and money to keep our headwaters safe, for generations. It's time to sign.10 Apr 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6iruw2ek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3miud2ymh6c2eWhen Andrew Knack won, he was outspent six-to-one. Like a bad birthday magician, Tim Cartmell revealed how his trick was going to work. He made it obvious he wanted to buy the election, and so every additional dollar spent made people less likely to vote for him. $1.5M, gone.06 Apr 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3miud2ymh6c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mijgxwxpps2xLEAVE YOUR LEAVES Spring is coming, and with that: yard cleanup. But hold off If you rake too early, native bees nesting in the ground might meet an early end Wait until it's consistently above 10 °C before tidying up Learn more and get a lawn sign at leaveyourleaves.ca02 Apr 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijgxwxpps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mif7vuxk4c2sI spoke with a director at the City of Edmonton about the removal of the Whyte Ave scrambles. It sort of felt like a congressional hearing, where you know the answer, but the person responding refuses to say the words. The city will not admit scrambles are safer.31 Mar 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif7vuxk4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mi7vyzm5r22lEdmonton is removing all scramble crosswalks from Whyte Ave. These intersections, where all pedestrians cross at once without vehicles were designed to make our busiest pedestrian streets safer. The city is using transit as an excuse to remove them, and make it faster for cars.29 Mar 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7vyzm5r22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mhyjer7p222sDanielle Smith flailing her arms and bulging her eyes26 Mar 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyjer7p222shttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mhw4prvhz22gThere's no photo radar ticket in the mail anymore, but you're still paying. Collisions have a huge societal cost. Collisions and fatalities are up. Insurance is up. Taxes are up. The only thing killing the "cash cow" accomplished is making you less safe, and less rich.25 Mar 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhw4prvhz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mhlq54whos2jEdmonton's water smells like a public pool. It's typical for spring. Mold and decaying plant matter that's been sitting under the snow is running off. Chloramines are created when chlorine cleans biological matter from the water, creating the smell. If it stinks, it's working.21 Mar 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlq54whos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mhgwr6d4nk27Karen Principe made a motion so bad even she voted against it. She ran for the CPC. She ran for the UCP. Now she's stuck in a city council job she doesn't want, and it shows. Unfortunately for her constituents, it means this is the best representation they've got for a while.19 Mar 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgwr6d4nk27https://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mh2inffnec27Edmonton Police: OOPS! All Israel! The Chief flew to Israel to meet with police leaders there, a decision panned across the board. Except for noted thin-blue-line enthusiast Councillor Mike Elliott, for whom the thin blue line remains stronger than ever.14 Mar 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2inffnec27https://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mgxwgpu6222rLandlord tears 💦: the best evidence that housing is getting more affordable And Edmonton's got lots. 3 years after legalizing a wide variety of housing types city-wide, landlords are nervous about having to compete with each other and offer rental incentives. In short: what we're doing is working13 Mar 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxwgpu6222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mgup7hidms2vBeen a couple years since I've taken an Uber, but this is actually a REALLY nice feature 👍12 Mar 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgup7hidms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mggnxloaa227Farkas says it's an unfair equalization that Calgary pays more education property taxes than Edmonton He didn't do the math. Calgary has $457B of assessment to Edmonton's $220B. The Leg will get $1.2B in YYC prop taxes this year, then return $2.2B in funding YYC school boards.07 Mar 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggnxloaa227https://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mgdypn5gi22pCalgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says the city pays equalization "transfer payments" to Edmonton. Not even close. He's intentionally twisting words to misinform and manipulate Calgarians. Calgary's property taxes will contribute 11.7% of the province's education budget this year. Not "equalization".05 Mar 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdypn5gi22phttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mg6w2komks2lRight wing Alberta influencers are demanding an Edmonton City Councillor apologize for... condemning the KKK in black history month? The accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers think sharing the message "the KKK is bad" is an attack on Premier Danielle smith. This is where we're at.03 Mar 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6w2komks2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mg4f5tklw22bBritish Columbia has now gone with permanent Daylight Saving Time (a correct and perfect choice, no notes). Alberta came close, but the Kenney-era referendum failed on a 50.2% to 49.8% margin. I am still very, very sad about that02 Mar 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4f5tklw22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mfx7iimcxk2eThe UCP is finally paying their property taxes. Lots of issues with the #abbudget but after Kenney unilaterally slashed the province's property taxes in half in 2020, it is very good news that cities are getting full value again We're not getting the $100M+ in backtaxes though.28 Feb 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfx7iimcxk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mfsryvdeh22eHappy #abbudget day everyone #ableg #abpoli27 Feb 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsryvdeh22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mfsenwvlds2bDanielle Smith has personally confirmed her government plans to extend her school book bans to public libraries. The UCP is using "showing pornography to kids" (something that doesn't happen) to manufacture consent for systems of censorship and book-banning.26 Feb 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsenwvlds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mfn3cl66ns24Danielle Smith is scheming to force all public libraries in Alberta to implement her book ban. Multiple sources have confirmed to me that the UCP is planning to require public libraries like EPL to ban and restrict material at the UCP's direction It's coming.24 Feb 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfn3cl66ns24https://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mfhus4qunc2mEdmonton's longest-serving mayor was removed from office TWICE for unethical conduct, one of those removals confirmed by the Supreme Court. And that didn't stop him from winning another election afterwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRIMP-gGzE22 Feb 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhus4qunc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/troypavlek.ca/post/3mf3jhbqtz22tThe UCP has forced every municipality in Alberta to repeal any bylaw placing limits on election signs on public property. This means signs can be: ✅ in intersections ✅ in public parks ✅ unrestricted in number and frequency I spoke with @apaquette.bsky.social about the impacts17 Feb 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:byejetampnt7x6r4kci5bo2z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3jhbqtz22t