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Edmonton city council votes for 6.1% tax hike for 2025

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Edmonton 's property tax rate will rise 6.1% for 2025 .

Finance managers released a plan last month needing an 8.1 per cent increase.

But council passed a series of amendments to its 2025 operating and capital budget to cut the rate by two per cent .

Mayor Amarjeet Sohi: "You can always lower taxes but at what cost to services? I think that is where the balance is".

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