CITY POLITICS
- It’s time to re-examine the scope of municipal powers [Globe and Mail]
- Iveson reflects on his first year as Edmonton mayor [Don Iveson]
- Mayor Don Iveson slowly working through campaign promises [Metro News]
- Editorial: Where to now, Mr. Mayor? [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORT
- Edmonton’s first car-sharing service launches. Visit pogo’s website for more info! [Edmonton Journal]
- Jasper Avenue needs a rehaul: Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by van on Jasper Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
- City could be facing delays with 97 Street bus lane construction: report [Metro News]
- New ETS control centre the way of the future, Iveson says [Edmonton Journal]
- Some Edmonton cyclists willing to compromise on councillor’s 97 Street bike lane suggestion [Metro News]
- Bad idea: Councillor floating idea of bringing back bike licences [CTV]
- Edmonton: Aim for a Cycling Minimum Grid [Darren Proulx]
- Shops a popular side trip for some Edmonton Transit passengers [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL NEWS
- Edmonton church marks 85th anniversary as they prepare to shutter doors to a developer [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmoton’s Varscona Theatre expansion clears zoning hurdle [Metro News]
- Crackdown on illegal parking lots puts cheap spaces in peril east of downtown [Edmonton Journal]
- Churchill Square smoking ban on the way as councillors consider wider prohibition [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: Falling walls, building futures: Three young U of A researchers prepare to take on the world [Edmonton Journal]
- U of A students offer homeless chance to shop for clothes at The Street Store in Boyle Street Centre [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL CURIOSITIES
- Missing for 46 years, 1920s WWI commerative shield found and returned to Edmonton Public School Board [ECAMP]
- An urbanist’s guide to Edmonton: ‘a bright future for a city shaped by oil’ by street photographer Tyler Biard [The Guardian]
- Raise a paper cup to Edmonton’s coffee shops [Metro News]
- Edmonton man rescuing love locks from the High Level Bridge [Metro News]
MISCELLANY
- Nine Ways Privileged People Can Reduce the Negative Impact of Gentrification [Everyday Feminism]
- The ‘great indigenous divide': Winnipeg stares into an ethnic chasm [The Guardian]
- Streets stay hot for 10 years, then fade, prof says [Montreal Gazette]
- Bollards, bricks and black cabs: why the best urban objects are mundane [The Guardian]
- Yikes: ‘Unidriveways’ emerging in northeast Calgary as residents pave entire front lawns [Metro News]
- Here’s Why No One Shoots Engagement Photos in the Suburbs [Streets Blog]
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