WINTER CITY
- Iveson: For the Love of Winter [doniveson.ca]
- Embracing Edmonton’s winter through new urban design guidelines [MetroEdmonton]
- We need to be more chill and warmly embrace winter, conference told [Edmonton Journal]
- Mayor slides into downtown Edmonton’s first outdoor [winter] farmers market [Edmonton Journal]
- Unveiling Edmonton’s frozen trail potential [VUE Weekly]
TRANSPORT
- Mouallem: Edmonton’s Uber/taxi debate, whatever the result, is ultimately good for consumers [Metro Edmonton]
- Uber and Edmonton heading for a showdown [Edmonton Journal]
- Uber offers free rides as council mulls ride-share bylaws [CBC Edmonton]
- New design standards could transform winter streets for pedestrians [CBC Edmonton]
- Give the people what they want when it comes to bike infrastructure: urban design expert [Metro Edmonton]
- Cycling advocates look for more information on Edmonton cyclist collisions [Metro Edmonton]
- City of Edmonton says Walterdale Bridge will open on time, despite steel delays [Metro Edmonton]
- City of Edmonton looking to open up downtown sidewalks [Metro Edmonton]
- Police, business association reps warn of ‘near misses’ on Whyte Avenue [Metro Edmonton]
- Pedcrawl looks to bring attention to Edmonton’s pedway system [Metro Edmonton]
- Taking LRT? You can now ski to the Century Park station [Global Edmonton]
- Walking, biking, and living safely in Queen Alexandra [Transforming Edmonton]
DEVELOPMENT
- Edmonton councillors ready to test the waters on Rossdale canal concept [Metro News]
- Bridge project threatens old growth forest, critics say [Edmonton Journal]
- Council approves green vision for Horse Hill development [Edmonton Journal]
- Government to give sneak peek inside the newly restored, controversial Federal Building [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: Federal Building’s mad makeover a $403-million anti-climax [Edmonton Journal]
- New report suggests expropriation could eliminate restrictions on former grocery sites [Edmonton Journal]
- Sobeys not blocking a new grocer in downtown Edmonton [Alberta Venture]
- Old downtown Sobeys location remains empty as company officials look to sublease [Metro News]
- Edmonton councillors approve rezoning for new tower project in Oliver [Metro Edmonton]
- Blatchford: Business as Unusual [Transforming Edmonton]
HERITAGE & CULTURE
- Cookbook aims to give a taste of Edmonton’s history [ECAMP]
- Simons: Treaty Six chiefs, Fort Edmonton Park, vow to retell our history, together [Edmonton Journal]
- Fort Edmonton signs new partnership with Treaty Six [Metro Edmonton]
- Community comes together to support planned Roxy Theatre performances [Metro Edmonton]
- illumiNITE invites you to join the competition for light sculptures and installations [M.A.D.E. in Edmonton]
LOCAL NEWS
- City hopes new energy plan will help environment while creating $2.5 billion in savings [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton architect elected to lead Royal Institute [Edmonton Journal]
- Struggling downtown retailer turns to MacEwan business students for ideas [Edmonton Journal]
- Emergency phones, signs installed on High Level Bridge [Edmonton Journal]
- Plan aims to put all Edmonton students in new or renovated public schools [Edmonton Journal]
MISCELLANY
- Damage from cancelled census as bad as feared, researchers say [Globe and Mail]
- Downtown vs. suburbs: which costs more? [CBC]
- Opinion: Right time to boost capital construction [Edmonton Journal]
- Civic leaders worry province could delay funding for capital projects due to falling oil [Calgary Herald]
- Target demise demands fresh approaches from big-box retailers [Vancouver Sun]
- Why Architects and Second-Tier Cities Need Each Other [City Lab]
- Climate change could turn bogs into bush [Metro News]
- How urban designers are getting Canadians outside – even in the deepest freeze [Globe and Mail]
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