Posts of Reg Rygus RSSFri, 18 Sep 2026 18:18:58 GMTCommunity League Day Movie Movie Night in the ParkJoin us for a fun-filled evening under the stars at North Milbourne Community Hall! On September 26, 2026, starting at 6:30pm, we'll be showing How to Train Your Dragon - Live Action. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs, and enjoy this family-friendly event with neighbours. Don't miss out on the popcorn and outdoor fun! September 26, 2026 Open at 6:30PM Movie starts at 7PM Community League Survey Help shape the future of our Community Leagues! The City of Edmonton and EFCL are conducting a survey to understand which facilities, programs, and services matter most to League members. Whether you use the rink, attend local BBQs, or rent the hall, your feedback will guide decisions on the future. Complete the 10-minute survey between September 3 and September 20! TAKE THE SURVEY HERE Saturday Swim Days!  Nona's Seniors Section There is a Senior's Resource page on our website.  Click here http://www.nmclinfo.com/senior-resources/ Also always worth checking out the Millwoods Seniors Association Website MWSAC. Get Communal To Manage Your Membership Account OnlineAs mentioned a few months ago we've transitioned our memberships to a new location where you can now actively manage your account and even sign-up for automatic renewals. Going forward, we'll be transitioning volunteer communications through this site as well.If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to membership@nmclinfo.com and/or promotions@nmclinfo.comSign up Today at https://nmclinfo.getcommunal.com/Don't forget, membership grants you free access to community league rinks and Saturday Swim at Millwoods Rec. Free membership at the Tool Library http://www.edmontontoollibrary.ca/  Just present your NMCL community league membershipWe now accept e-transfers! Reach out to membership@nmclinfo.com for details!"There is no power for change greater than a community ... Read more

]]>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:18:58 GMTI’m always thrilled for the opportunity to connect directly with you. Whether you have a specific concern, feedback to pass along or things close to your heart in Ward Karhiio that you want to bring up, I want to hear it. Book a 1-on-1 coffee with me on October 3. I can't wait to chat with new residents and familiar faces alike! Date: Saturday October 3, 2026 Time: 9:00AM-12:00 (each coffee is 30 minutes) Location: Mill Woods Town Centre Area (the final location will be shared once a booking is made) Link to Book: https://forms.gle/Pi91WhFCad6gVVk6A If you have questions, please reach out to Team Karhiio at keren.tang@edmonton.ca. Community League Day is Saturday September 19th Did you know in Edmonton we have 163 Community Leagues, and 8 right here in Ward Karhiio? Wherever you live, there are neighbours volunteering their time to build better communities. Community League Day falls on Saturday September 19 this year. It is a day to meet and learn about your local League, get or renew your membership, and hear about programs and volunteer opportunities in your neighbourhood. There are a few events happening this week and next week hosted by our local Ward Karhiio Leagues to celebrate the occasion - check them out: Horizon Community League Date and Time: FRIDAY, September 18, 2026 | 7:30 pm- 10:30 pm Location: Orchards Residents Association (4059 Orchards Drive SW, Edmonton, AB T6X 1A2) Horizon Community League and Orchards Residents Association are excited to come together to co-host Movie in the Park featuring Zootopia (movie at 7:50PM)! Bring your family, blankets and lawn chairs and join your neighbours for an evening of movies, fun and community. This event is open to all residents of the Orchards community and Horizon Community League members. Horizon Community League members will be asked to show proof of membership upon arrival. Learn more here.  Woodvale Community League Day Date and Time: SATURDAY, September 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM – ... Read more

]]>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:12:08 GMTWhat's on in Edmonton this weekend? Celebrate powerful storytelling from Muslim creatives at the Mosquers Film Festival, join CRIPSiE for a dynamic and compelling dance and theatre experience at Nothing About Us Without Us, check out the offerings at the 21st annual Kaleido Family Arts Festival along the Alberta Avenue Arts District, stop by the Mitchell Art Gallery to see the new exhibition Gleaning the Blue-Green by Kelly Andres, join Northern Lights Folk Club for their presentation of The Gift – An Ian Tyson Tribute, check out Agatha Christie’s greatest literary whodunnit on stage at the Citadel’s production of Murder on the Orient Express, and so much more!SEE ALL UPCOMING EVENTS... Read more

]]>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:53:45 GMTLike clockwork the latest edition of the Mill Woods Mosaic has just been published bringing news of interest to citizens of Millwoods and beyond.Thanks Arnim & team

]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:05:39 GMTThe Audit Committee meets today at 9:30 am, and one of the items on the agenda is the City Auditor's review of how Edmonton runs its parking operations. The Parks and Roads Services Branch oversees about 6,000 parking spaces and collected roughly $13 million in parking revenue in 2025, at hourly rates running from $1.00 to $4.50. The auditor found the Branch has no Council-approved strategic vision and no performance management framework to guide its decisions, and no written guidance on how it sets rates, issues complimentary parking passes, discounts or waives fees during road closures, or restricts residential parking. In the absence of that guidance, the Branch has charged different rates in zones with comparable demand without documenting why, and does not have full oversight of the complimentary, discounted, and waived fees it grants. The auditor did conclude that the Branch is managing its parking payment app contract effectively, and made three recommendations in total.City Council holds a public hearing tomorrow at 9:30 am, and one of the 13 bylaws on the agenda would tighten Edmonton's rules for lodging houses, the dwellings where bedrooms are rented out one at a time. Administration wants the threshold lowered so that a dwelling with three or more individually rented bedrooms counts as a lodging house, down from four, and wants features such as individually numbered rooms, locks on bedroom doors, and locked storage in shared areas written into the definition to make enforcement easier. Lodging houses would be barred from row housing and multi-unit housing in the small scale residential zones and from row housing in the small-medium scale transition zone, with bedroom limits applied per lot rather than per site. The City logged 354 lodging house complaints between 2020 and 2025, 74 of them in 2025, and another 50 in the first seven months of this year. Council directed Administration to prepare the amendments on July 7th, and the bylaw can receive all thre... Read more

]]>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:01:32 GMTAlberta will ban solar panels from provincial landfills and charge a $14 recycling fee on every new panel supplied in the province beginning October 1st. Environment and Protected Areas Minister Grant Hunter says the program, which the provincial government calls the first of its kind in Canada, will recover valuable materials and build a recycling industry before dead panels start piling up. The fee applies only to panels supplied on or after October 1st, with no charge on panels already installed, and the government estimates it adds $280 to a typical 20-panel residential installation, or less than 1.5% of the cost. By 2045, more than 95% of the solar panels currently installed in Alberta are expected to reach the end of their lives, generating as much as 72,700 tonnes of material. The Business Renewables Centre-Canada, whose members develop and buy renewable power, says it supports a recycling program but describes the fee itself as a "punitive tax", with director Jorden Dye arguing it is more than double the charge in any other jurisdiction the group examined and ignores the salvage value of recovered materials. Dye says the next-highest fee anywhere is Germany's at $5 per panel, and the group estimates the Alberta charge will add about $1 million in upfront costs to an average 38-megawatt solar project.The Alberta branch of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis warning that many of the proposals Albertans will vote on in the October 19th referendum would face steep constitutional obstacles if a government tried to act on them. The lawyers' group, which takes no position on how people should vote, examined all 10 questions after its members began fielding queries about them. On the separation question, it notes that a province cannot unilaterally leave Canada, though a clear majority on a clear question would oblige the federal government to enter discussions about secession and its possible terms. The four constitutional questions - a provincia... Read more

]]>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:58:49 GMTWhat's on in Edmonton this weekend? Catch the return of Rapid Fire Theatre’s Prairie Bowl Theatresports Tournament and witness the region’s finest improvisers to go head-to-head in a Theatresports-style tournament, check out local art and music along the beautiful river valley at the Strathearn Art Walk, discover more than 125 artists across nine stages at the Purple City Music Festival, celebrate Vietnamese Heritage Month with an afternoon of Vietnamese poetry and proverbs at Boa & Hare, enjoy three days of Filipino entertainment and food at the Edmonton Filipino Fiesta 2026, catch a public reading of The Night Travelling Star at Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre, and so much more!

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:30:37 GMTWoodvale Community League Day: Movie in the RinkJoin us on Saturday, September 19, 2026 for an evening of family fun at Woodvale Community League Day. From 5:00–7:00 PM, enjoy face painters, mascots, games, and food trucks($). Then, grab your chairs and settle into the rink for a family movie under the evening sky.The movie starts at 7:00 PM, and popcorn will be provided free for everyone attending the movie. Event DetailsSaturday, September 19, 2026 Activities: 5:00–7:00 PM Family Movie: 7:00 PMFace painters, mascots and gamesFood trucks with a variety of tasty meals available for purchaseFree popcorn for the movieBring your own chairs & blanketsCome spend the evening with neighbours, friends and family for a fun community night at Woodvale.

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:21:10 GMTEDMONTON EXPO Giveaway, September Festivals & September Festivals & Great Food!Hi everyone! I’ve been a bit MIA with the newsletter (thanks for your patience 🥹).I’m actually headed to China for work for a few weeks starting this weekend, so the emails will be a bit sporadic for a little bit longer (thanks again for your patience lol). There are plenty of activities happening in the city over the next few weeks (and great food to eat + local businesses to support!) so I hope you find some wonderful things to do while I’m away.However!! I am popping in to run a newsletter subscriber-only giveaway to the upcoming EDMONTON EXPO returning next weekend Sept. 18-20, and share a few more September event reminders.The EDMONTON EXPO is a favourite event in our family! I’ve had the pleasure of working with them for years.The EDMONTON EXPO is Three Days of Fun-Filled, Fan Culture! If you’re into comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, gaming, or cosplay, you’re invited to share in their playground. Find your fandom family at EDMONTON EXPO. All 40,000 of them!! Guests this year include John Cena, cast members from The Boys, Peggy the Dog (from Deadpool—their appearance includes a little fundraiser for Zoe’s Animal Rescue!), plus anime, gaming, cosplay, artists/vendors, and much more.I’ll be away next weekend but Mike and our toddler Benjimin are really looking forward to checking out the festivities.Enter to win a pair of passes to Sunday, Sept. 20’s EDMONTON EXPO, plus two tickets to the John Cena Live experience! The EDMONTON EXPO has given me a pair of Sunday passes + two tickets to the John Cena Live experience on Sunday, Sept. 20, to give away to newsletter subscribers! Thank you for being a subscriber. 🙏🏻To enter for a chance to win, simply visit the EDMONTON EXPO website and tell me what guest, activity, programming, etc., you’re most looking forward to! Also let me know if this would be your first time or returning visit to the event. That’s it! I will select a winner fro... Read more

]]>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:09:55 GMTCity Council meets tomorrow at 9:30 am, with debate continuing Wednesday, and one of the first items is Administration's operating financial update for the first half of 2026. The report projects that tax-supported operations would finish the year $50.9 million over budget before the City draws on its Financial Strategies contingency funds, a gap Administration attributes to heavy early-year snow clearing, transit and fire overtime, and higher fuel costs. After pulling $51.4 million from those funds, the City instead projects a slim $0.5 million surplus. The Financial Stabilization Reserve is forecast to end 2026 at $135.0 million, about $15.4 million below its required minimum, and is not expected to recover until 2028. Administration also expects the City to finish the year with roughly $5 billion in outstanding debt. The projections do not yet include the costs of July's flooding or of US tariffs, which Administration says it is still assessing.Also on Tuesday's agenda, Council will vote on the money needed to bring the Valley Line Southeast LRT under public operation. In May, Council directed Administration to end the City's contract with private operator TransEd in 2027 and hand operations and maintenance to Edmonton Transit Service. Administration is now asking Council to approve just over $7.6 million in one-time operating costs for a temporary transition office covering staff, consultants, and asset inspections through 2027, plus a $20.5-million capital budget for fleet and equipment. All of it would be drawn from the City's LRT Reserve, which requires a one-time exemption to Council policy. The request does not include the payment owed to TransEd to end the contract, which Administration says will be financed through borrowing and brought back for approval later. Administration notes that moving an operating light rail line from a private to a public operator has few precedents in North America, and rates the workforce, technology, and asset-handover risks ... Read more

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