CAPITAL BUDGET
- Downtown Library, Winspear Centre, and Telus World of Science will be making big push for donors [Metro News]
- Funding for suicide barrier on High Level Bridge approved [Metro News]
- Edmonton council unanimously decides to fund curb cuts, bike parking as part of Active Transportation plan [Metro News]
- Edmonton council approves funding for 102 Avenue bike route and makes tentative commitment to replace Century Park park and ride in Heritage Valley [Edmonton Journal]
- How 102 Avenue bike lane will fit into broader downtown Edmonton plans still being worked out: city [Metro News]
- Edmonton councillors vote to fund more pedestrian friendly Jasper Avenue [Metro News]
- Edmonton council approves Smartbus funding, set to rollout in 2019 [Metro News]
- Proposed West Edmonton recreation centre gets partial design funding [Metro News]
- Velodrome, Rossdale fire station, aboriginal centre move forward in Edmonton budget debate [Metro News]
- Simons: $40 million makeover aims to put science back in Telus World of Science [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORT
- 311 app now allows cyclists to report winter cycling obstacles [Metro News]
- City of Edmonton aiming for Canada Day phase out of coin-operated parking meters [Metro News]
- St. Albert council approves alignment for LRT in city [Metro News]
- Letters: City requires new vision [Edmonton Journal]
- Just another pedestrian killed: commentary on the engineering profession and road design [Strong Towns]
- After a Series of Failures, This Is How Vancouver Finally Built a Controversial Bike Lane [City Lab]
LOCAL NEWS
- Edmonton needs more ‘hygge’ over the winter [Metro News]
- Loblaws to open market at Brewery District, Oliver [Edmonton Journal]
- Jasper Avenue losing its art galleries to 124 street due to redevelopment [Edmonton Journal]
- Return of landlord causes alarm: Is Carmen Pervez helping or harming the inner city? [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton youth wins national award for political engagement [Metro News]
- Blatchford reduces environmental footprint [City of Edmonton]
- Media Monday Edmonton: Meet The Yards [Mastermaq]
- Your Guide to Winter 2014/2015 Festivals & Events in Edmonton [Mastermaq]
ALBERTA
- Video: Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson pushes for more provincial police funding [Metro News]
- Letter to Province: Edmonton’s priorities in the coming years [Don Iveson]
- Simons: Only ourselves to blame for Alberta’s crumbling hospitals [Edmonton Journal]
- Editorial: Sticker shock for hospitals [Edmonton Journal]
- Alberta hospitals crumbling, rural facilities underused and system manipulated by politics (with video) [Edmonton Journal]
- Old Alberta wells that fail standards raise fears with risks to neighbourhoods and landowners [Edmonton Journal]
- Man-made island to become Calgary’s first gated community in 13 years [Edmonton Journal]
- Child poverty a problem worth eliminating in wealthy Alberta [Daveberta]
MISCELLANY
- Why Cities Can’t Afford to Lose Their Artists [City Lab]
- How Berlin became a great city like no other [The Guardian]
- The Billionaires’ Park [NYTimes]
- Sam Jacob on the danger of ranking cities by “liveability” [Dezeen]
- How images shape our cities [The Guardian]
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