Edmonton city councillors made a number of budget decisions Wednesday that could push a 2026 property tax increase from 6.4 per cent to about 6.9 per cent.

Council has been moving money around for the last few days as part of its fall budget deliberations, trying to keep its property tax increase under control. A number of operating expenses were funded from other line items, but the tax levy was turned to in order to fund Explore Edmonton.

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It previously funded Explore Edmonton year over year with one-time funding. Councillors spoke about the importance of providing financial certainty for the organization after failing to do

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