Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱<p>From <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TaprootMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaprootMedia</span></a>: Re rezoning "10 acres for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinave</span></a> to build a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NordicSpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NordicSpa</span></a> by the river valley. The coalition opposes the rezoning due to a failure to consult with the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Treaty6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treaty6</span></a> Confederacy, council’s decision to waive their <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/top" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>top</span></a>-of-bank policy, and insufficient protection of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> and trees. The cost to use the spa will also make it inaccessible to most <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Edmontonians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edmontonians</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KristineKowalchuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristineKowalchuk</span></a> wrote."</p><p><a href="https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-edmonton-council-breaks-city-policies-in-nordic-spa-rezoning?utm_source=Taproot+Edmonton&amp;utm_campaign=52d6b65633-TAPROOTYEG_PULSE_2025_03_20&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ef1adf0932-52d6b65633-438152299&amp;mc_cid=52d6b65633&amp;mc_eid=2af62197a9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edmontonjournal.com/opinion/co</span><span class="invisible">lumnists/opinion-edmonton-council-breaks-city-policies-in-nordic-spa-rezoning?utm_source=Taproot+Edmonton&amp;utm_campaign=52d6b65633-TAPROOTYEG_PULSE_2025_03_20&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ef1adf0932-52d6b65633-438152299&amp;mc_cid=52d6b65633&amp;mc_eid=2af62197a9</span></a></p>