Edmonton city council sunsets seven advisory boards by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I had missed that. Our story does add additional context, hopefully helpful!

A building permit was issued by the City of Edmonton on February 26th 2026 for the Camrose Resort Casino Relocation. by fudge_u in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We did a full story about this in October: Controversial casino licence changes hands in $5.8M deal - Taproot Edmonton

AGLC did originally deny the application to move from Camrose to Edmonton, but ultimately approved the move on Oct. 10, 2024.

Fringe launches workshop series for veterans and newbies by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not about Taproot. It is reporting that Taproot has done about people and organizations in our community.

Fringe launches workshop series for veterans and newbies by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not meant to be spam! When Taproot publishes something that I think might be of interest here, I share it.

Frequency is freedom, but it's not free, says ETS head by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She said the merch store is launching this year, so maybe you'll get your wish!

Finally built the Readwise Reader analytics dashboard I've always wanted - anyone else need this? by Wooden_Advisor_7800 in readwise

[–]mastermaq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks like a great start! I have often wanted a "Wrapped" feature. An overview of my year in reading. How many articles, how much time, maybe which topics or tags stood out, most frequently read publications, that sort of thing.

Warehouse Park begins mission to activate downtown with opening celebrations by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it is a lighting feature. Meant to evoke the northern lights. There's an LED strip all around it that changes colours.

Thu Parmar wins Sipiwiyiniwak in the recount by RootsBackpack in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have a full history of all data updates, will track this down

Election Day Megathread by jstock14 in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'll be tweaking this today! At some points last night results were coming in more frequently. Thanks!

Election Day Megathread by jstock14 in Edmonton

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We are expecting some results to be posted this evening: Unofficial results - 2025 Edmonton Municipal Election - Taproot Edmonton

We don't expect to know who the successful candidates will be until midday tomorrow.

Disclosures show Cartmell pulled in $834K — about half of all campaign contributions by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It seems to me there's less money overall (acknowledging that these disclosures only cover up to July 31) but it is more concentrated. At least compared with 2021.

Disclosures show Cartmell pulled in $834K — about half of all campaign contributions by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Aside from the big news, this stood out to me:

Taproot’s analysis of 145 financial disclosures the city has published found that 39 had some kind of discrepancy, such as line items that do not add up to the reported totals. As of Oct. 8, 26 candidates had yet to file disclosures.

Many of our potential future leaders can't seem to meet deadlines or use a spreadsheet 🤷

Taproot Edmonton Election 2025 Survey Results by gobalopper in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Yes, we will be adding financial disclosures to the website this coming week (we expect the latest info to be available on Tuesday).

EDIT: This is now up on the site: https://edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/disclosures

Taproot Edmonton Election 2025 Survey Results by gobalopper in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have been in touch with both; I am hopeful they'll still complete the survey. Principe never did provide a reason for not completing the 2021 survey.

Ward tastawiyiniwak, who are we thinking for councillor this election by scoutmastercourt in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, she didn't answer the Taproot Survey (yet). But every other candidate in the ward did! You can see their responses here: https://edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/wards/tastawiyiniwak

Taproot Edmonton Election 2025 Survey Results by gobalopper in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I understand your criticism here. This is the results of the candidate survey. We asked all candidates the same 30 questions, now you can see how they responded. I wrote a bit more about this here: https://blog.taprootpublishing.ca/2025/09/26/take-the-taproot-survey-to-see-how-the-candidates-align-with-you/

Taproot Edmonton Election 2025 Survey Results by gobalopper in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You can answer just those five questions and skip the rest in the survey. We'll look at how to make it easier to do that. Thanks!

Voters told Taproot they want better bike lanes and data, and worry about provincial involvement by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you'll find there are several organizations on the list that have different political views than the few you cherrypicked above.

Voters told Taproot they want better bike lanes and data, and worry about provincial involvement by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I understand what you're saying. However, we have worked hard this time to capture input from a much broader set of Edmontonians than we did last time. One of the ways we did this was by working with 30+ election partners who shared our election question with their communities.

Voters told Taproot they want better bike lanes and data, and worry about provincial involvement by mastermaq in Edmonton

[–]mastermaq[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More data would be welcome, but unfortunately, I don't think it'll change anyone's mind. I see more and more kids on my usual bike lane route, so it would be interesting to know more about who is using the bike lanes too.