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Edmonton City Council will meet on September 10th to consider a request to replace its two members on the Edmonton Police Commission with community appointees. Jo-Anne Wright and Anne Stevenson are the city council members who would transfer their seats to two council appointees, increasing the majority of appointees on the 13-membe board The request to change the makeup of the Police Commission comes at a time when tensions between the commission and council are strained. Read the JOURNAL article below to familiarize yourself with the pros and cons associated with the request.

CTV NEWS obtained a memo to sent to Edmonton city council from the Alberta government concerning new guidelines to be released in December about where photo radar can be used in Alberta cities, including Edmonton. The province has called photo radar a "cash cow," and banned its use on the Anthony Henday and according to the memo will also include Yellowhead Trail, Whitemud Drive, Stony Plain Road, Calgary Trail and Gateway Boulevard. Although the city collected around $29 million from photo enforcement at 422 sites in 2023, Councillor Jo-Anne Wright said enforcement is about keepng the roads safe, not about making money.