This is Edmonton

Hockey season has yet to begin, but the Oilers are back in the headlines. Last week they signed Alex Formenton, one of the five players from the 2018 world juniors team, acquitted in a sexual assault case last year. The signing has divided fans. We break it down with a local sports writer, and talk about whether or not community backlash can create change in hockey culture.

How long can you hold your bladder? If you’re out and about in Edmonton, you might find out the hard way if you’re caught without a public washroom nearby. Publicly accessible toilets are a big part of urban planning, but they can be challenging to implement. Reporter Liam Harrap took stock of Edmonton’s public washrooms and looked into the city’s plan to ensure everyone has a place to go when nature calls.

When Edmontonians text Transit Watch, ETS’s safety reporting hotline, it reveals what’s actually happening on our transit system. But where do those messages go? The CBC obtained a month's worth of messages to Transit Watch. The CBC’s Madeleine Cummings breaks down rider’s concerns, and how their experiences shape the future and function of ETS.

Bike lane controversy is not going away in Edmonton — if anything it’s getting louder. This fall the provincial government plans to introduce legislation that would allow them to remove bike lanes in cities, and in the meantime neighbours are opposing new active transportation pathways in progress throughout the city. So how many people are actually using Edmonton’s bike lanes? CBC reporter Emily Williams looks at the numbers and what we know.

When Delwin Vriend’s legal battle lands in the Supreme Court of Canada, public debate turns ugly. And like it or not, Delwin and his legal team become the faces of the battle to protect sexual orientation; heroes to some, and villains to others.

Host Falen Johnson and journalist Clare Bonnyman bring us behind the scenes of the fateful SCC case, Vriend v Alberta, and a ruling that breaks new ground for 2SLGBTQ+ people, but also breaks Delwin. Even after proclaiming “Ha-ha, I win,” he faces hard choices about how to handle the legacy of the case in his life.

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