TRUTH & RECONCILIATION
- If you missed the TRC event this past weekend be sure to look at the video archive here. This is important for all Canadians to listen and reflect upon [Truth and Reconciliation Commission]
- Homelessness one of lasting impacts of Indian residential schools [CBC]
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Mayor Don Iveson pledges three Aboriginal initiatives [Metro News]
- Alberta K-12 Students To Be Taught Painful Legacy Of Indian Residential Schools [Huffington Post]
- Saskatchewan First Nation adopts new law that detours Indian Act [Alberta Venture]
ARTS & HERITAGE
- Into the night: Nuit Blanche festival coming to Edmonton [Metro News]
- The Mystery of the Edmonton theme song [Metro News]
- Historic Old Strathcona mansion coming down one brick at a time [Edmonton Journal]
- March 26, 1914: City boosters choose new slogan [Edmonton Journal]
- Herzog on Heritage: Ortona Armoury [Edmonton Heritage Council]
TRANSPORT & LAND USE
- City Council approves a new transportation goal and outcomes for The Way Ahead [Mastermaq]
- New LRT line mixed blessing for nearby neighbourhoods [CBC]
- Check out this absurd editorial: Park this utopian dream [Calgary Herald]
- Province announces 2,500 kilometres of roadwork in northern Alberta [Edmonton Journal]
- Will Women Ever Feel Completely Safe on Mass Transit? [Atlantic Cities]
- 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever [Gizmodo]
- City main street networks show a drastic shift away from historic patterns of human-scale design [lse.ac.uk]
DEVELOPMENT
- Edmonton councillors approve 29-storey Oliver tower [Metro News]
- Opinion: Gunter: Edmonton downtown boom has nothing to do with arena [Edmonton Sun]
- Lamphier: Downtown arena, condo developments gobbling up parking lots [Edmonton Journal]
- City Centre Airport re-development costs worry Edmonton councillors [Edmonton Journal]
- Blatchford development gets more oversight from Edmonton council [Metro News]
- Calgary: Tougher city rules for rebuilding after flood clear hurdle [Calgary Herald]
- Vancouver: What Vancouver’s Mid Main Park Can Teach Us About Small Parks [This Land is Parkland]
POLITICS
- Staples: Industrial tax ripoff hits small town Albertans hardest [Edmonton Sun]
- Calgary and Edmonton mayors, councils ‘riding a wave of popularity’: poll [Metro News]
- McCauley community league’s board dumped at packed meeting [Edmonton Journal]
- Federal infrastructure plan much ado about too little, cities say [CBC]
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