YEGFOOD
- Downtown Edmonton’s Sobeys on 104 Street will close its doors on July 31 [Mastermaq]
- Sobeys closure a ‘minor hiccup’ for downtown revitalization [Edmonton Journal]
- A warm welcome to downtown’s second all-year farmers’ market! Mother’s Market: Fri – Sun [Only Here for the Food]
- Northlands launches an urban agriculture project at 113 Ave. and 79 St. [Edmonton Journal]
- Organizers plot to plant Edmonton’s first food forest in the river valley [Metro News]
- Missed the Food Council panel on Community Gardens? The City of Edmonton has provided a video recording! [Youtube]
TRANSPORT
- Edmonton Mayor says funding big city transit will be a federal election issue [Edmonton Sun]
- New Kingsway/Royal Alex transit centre opening at end of month [Metro News]
- Four more Edmonton bus routes to launch Smart Bus technology [Metro News]
- What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse [Wired]
- What’s the fastest way to get somewhere in your city? These maps tell you [Vox]
- How Denver Is Becoming the Most Advanced Transit City in the West [City Lab]
YEGBIKE
- Edmonton cyclists wanted for second bike anthology “Be-Spoked” [Metro News]
- Sidewalks or roads: An Edmonton cyclist’s dilemma [Metro News]
- iRideYEG online project puts a face to Edmonton cyclists [Metro News]
- Editorial: Forget about talk of ‘war on the car’–let’s make roads work for all [Macleans]
ENGAGEMENT
- Get engaged with the new Edmonton Insight Community [MasterMaq]
- City of Edmonton getting ready to launch 311 app [Metro News]
- Smartphones give us louder voices in shaping our future city [City of Edmonton]
- Consultations coming on development in Oliver area [Edmonton Journal]
- The Edmonton Galleria Project Wants to Hear from You [EDACC]
ENVIRONMENT
- Edmontonians Ecological Footprint has Room for Improvement [City of Edmonton]
- Alberta forest loss worst in foothills, not oilsands area: satellite imagery [Calgary Herald]
- Coyotes will flourish, amphibians will die off in hotter, drier Alberta [Calgary Herald]
LOCAL NEWS
- City of Edmonton Parks has launched their social media accounts now on Facebook and Twitter
- Edmonton Confident in Increasingly Promising Future as Startup Hub [Tech Vibes]
- Edmonton’s skyline can now officially rise higher [Mastermaq]
- Woman behind rogue book box “surprised” at city’s removal [CBC]
- 100 things to do in the summer for family + kids in Edmonton and area [Frugal Edmonton Mama]
- Homelessness on the rise in rural Alberta [Global]
- Editorial: Reserves need clean water now [Edmonton Journal]
MICELLANY
- Supreme Court expands land-title rights in unanimous ruling [Globe and Mail]
- Bring back federal urban ministry for all of Canada: Expert [Edmonton Sun]
- de Bever: It’s not money that’s in short supply for cities [Alberta Aventure]
- Applying lean startup principles to placemaking [Urban Imprint]
- Public Park(ing) – Rise of the Parklet Movement [Momentum]
- A Great Place to Put Community Health Clinics: Fire Stations [City Lab]
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