ALBERTA ELECTION
- Alberta election: Where do the parties stand on cash for transit? [Metro Edmonton]
- Staples: Parties agree it’s time to build Alberta’s cities [Edmonton Journal]
- Alberta developers and builders concerned with city charters [CBC Edmonton]
- Elections Alberta sending some Edmonton residents 30 blocks to vote [Metro Edmonton]
- Ignore Edmonton at your peril, mayor warns next provincial government [Edmonton Journal]
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Editorial: Infill plan has solid foundation [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmontonians changing how we see the Quarters [Edmonton Journal]
- Buena Vista building proposal hits Edmonton city council [Metro Edmonton]
- Historic Buena Vista building will come down to make room for apartment tower [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORTATION
- Women ridership on Edmonton transit needs to be reflected in safety measures: advocates [Metro Edmonton]
- Smith: Changing the language of cycling safety in Edmonton: We’re all human beings [Metro Edmonton]
- Giving communities a voice could fix public perception of Edmonton’s photo radar [Edmonton Journal]
- Downtown Edmonton residents want parking congestion eased [Edmonton Journal]
- Seniors five times more likely to be killed in pedestrian crashes, city stats say [Edmonton Journal]
- Traffic disruptions map launched by City of Edmonton [CBC Edmonton]
YEG HI/STORIES
- Jane’s Walk lets neighbours meet, share stories and create lasting change [VUE Weekly]
- Edmonton Jane’s Walks Listings [Janeswalk.org]
- Evidence and Story – Archeology in Edmonton [Edmonton City As Museum Project]
- Simons: Connor McDavid not the only reason to be proud Metro Edmontonians [Edmonton Journal]
YEG FOOD
- Downtown Edmonton food spots closed during weekend days ‘the norm’ [Metro Edmonton]
- New Edmonton music, food venue planned for downtown [Edmonton Journal]
- Culina’s Brad Lazarenko takes over food at city golf courses [Edmonton Journal]
ENVIRONMENT
- City approves 20-year plan to cut energy, greenhouse gases [Edmonton Journal]
- Iveson: Efficiency and Opportunity – Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition Strategy [doniveson.ca]
- Mill Creek Ravine garbage ‘huge eyesore,’ say trail users [CBC Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- City of Edmonton releases 2015 Community Report [City of Edmonton]
- Thousands of people jeopardized by loss of rental subsidies [Edmonton Journal]
- VIDEO: Turn Me In … by Battery Newman [Transforming Edmonton]
- Mouallem: Time for Edmonton get rid of its anti-renter prejudice [Mastermaq.ca]
- Urban beekeeping gets nod from Edmonton council [CBC Edmonton]
- Edmonton man banks on urban honey bees [Metro Edmonton]
- Airbnb enforcement ‘serious issue’ but not on Edmonton officials’ radar yet [Metro Edmonton]
- Silent contemplation replaces opening prayer at Edmonton council meetings [Edmonton Journal]
- Prayer at city council: what is faith’s place in local government? [CBC Edmonton]
- Edmonton councillors vote to remove ‘City of Champions’ from welcome signs [Metro Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile [The Guardian]
- Car-loving Calgary considers a 167-unit condo – with no parking [Globe and Mail]
- Federal transit funds too little, too late: Vancouver, Calgary mayors [Global News]
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