TRANSPORT
- City eyes further retail expansion, transit-oriented development for Edmonton Transit [Metro News]
- Poor transit options leave many Edmonton region seniors who are unable to drive isolated: professor [Edmonton Journal]
- New traffic video tool proves residents were right all along [Edmonton Journal]
- Three facts about the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters space, and why it’s not an affront to men [Metro News]
- City Market Downtown on 104 Street officials weighing options once Valley Line LRT construction begins [Metro News]
- Frustrated with the sidewalk closures on Jasper Avenue? [@mc_gratton]
- Bixi bikeshare records first surplus [CUTA]
COMMUNITY
- Hate crimes decline in Edmonton, but still have deep impact [Edmonton Journal]
- Healing beginning in Edmonton through heart garden events [Edmonton Sun]
- Tim Querengesser on the human rights laws that permit ageism in housing [The Yards]
- New strategy aims to end youth homelessness in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Mayor Don Iveson wants city to help solve squalid motel room problem [Metro News]
- Edmonton man planning food truck for those who can’t afford it [Metro News]
- Norquest hoping 1,000 women can come together to fundraise for a new daycare [Metro News]
DEVELOPMENT
- Cost for funicular in the Edmonton River Valley rises [Metro News]
- Staples: Gibbons blasts city managers for stalled industrial park [Edmonton Journal]
- Royal Alberta Museum gears up for massive move [Metro News]
- Edmonton councillors debating funding for two possible interchange projects [Metro News]
- Approval gaffes spark more training, oversight for Edmonton planning department [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Cloverdale getting it right in river valley redevelopment [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL NEWS
- Capital Region OK’s new economic co-operation despite grumbles [Edmonton Journal]
- Driest spring in 50 years sparks drought fears in Edmonton region [Edmonton Journal]
- Notley’s NDP should ban corporate and union donations in municipal elections [Daveberta]
- Local battlegrounds will be key in ‘toss up’ federal election, pollster says [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmontonian aims to animate city alleys as part of DIYcity day [Metro News]
- Edmonton close to a ban on cosmetic herbicides [Edmonton Journal]
MISCELLANY
- Nerd alert: Capital Region has shared regional geographical information service [Capital Region]
- July 21: River Valley Medicinal Plant Walk with Robert Rogers [Eventbrite]
- A prairie sentinel for close to 100 years: Cargill grain elevator [CBC]
- The Pisces Bathhouse Raid [ECAMP]
- Council advised to reject expensive, convoluted plebiscite on secondary suites [Calgary Herald]
- Unlocking the Potential in Toronto’s Suburban Highrises [CityLab]
The post Edmonton’s urbanism headlines: June 8 – 14 appeared first on Spacing Edmonton.