More police, legalized weed behind 3.5 per cent Edmonton tax increase

Edmonton’s property tax increase will hit 3.5 per cent this year, after council voted Tuesday to include more money in the budget for policing a growing city and regulating cannabis.
The hike means the typical homeowner, with a house worth $397,000, will see an $83 annual increase, resulting in a $2,468 municipal tax bill.
Pot-related costs account for $1.7 million of that tax increase, say city officials, to cover issuing business licences, boosting the number of transit cops, launching a