TRANSPORTATION
- Metro LRT line may open with reduced service [CBC Edmonton]
- Edmonton deserves more federal cash for LRT, too: city councillors [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Conservatives’ new-found love for LRT hasn’t meant a cheaper ride for Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton needs to keep pushing for LRT funding [Mastermaq.ca]
- Council’s $1.4-million bus talk won’t bring change until 2018 [Edmonton Journal]
- Trains and a cycle track to displace traffic on 102nd Avenue [CBC Edmonton]
- Officials aim to get downtown Edmonton bike route ‘done right’ [Edmonton Journal]
- Future 102 Ave. ‘multimodal’ corridor safe, audit finds [Metro Edmonton]
- Bike racks at MacEwan LRT part of public art installation [Edmonton Journal]
- Recommended insurance for Uber drivers doesn’t exist in Alberta [Edmonton Journal]
- City questions legality of mobile parking app on its way to Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Pleasantview traffic barriers not so pleasant for residents [CBC Edmonton]
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Edmonton Architecture: Better Procurement, Better Buildings [Canadian Architect]
- Edmonton likes Toronto’s public squares [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton’s downtown NHL arena Rogers Place on schedule and on budget [Metro Edmonton]
- ‘Displacement’ threatens a fragile recovery on Norwood Boulevard [Edmonton Journal]
- City Planning Annual Report 2014 [City of Edmonton]
- Six more Edmonton families given keys in largest Habitat build in Canadian history [Edmonton Journal]
- New developer of Glenora Skyline putting in rezoning application [CBC Edmonton]
ARTS and CULTURE
- Yoko Ono installation to head Nuit Blanche [Metro Edmonton]
- Simons: Topsy-Turvey: From a humble jumble of roots, the Heritage Festival has blossomed to embrace everyone [Edmonton Journal]
- The Brown, Black, Fierce Festival focuses on creativity in the face of marginalization [VUE Weekly]
- Edmonton’s dead venues live again — online [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton sculptor wins international award, part of city trend: professor [Metro Edmonton]
- Native Studies MOOC to ‘open eyes’ in Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]
- Winspear’s summer patio series hailed as a success in its first year [CBC Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- Fort Edmonton Park gets bite of federal infrastructure funding for 2018 reconstruction [Edmonton Journal]
- Vacancy rates increasing, rents dropping, for Edmonton tenants [Edmonton Journal]
- Bissell Centre pilot program works to prevent evictions [Edmonton Journal]
- Da Capo Caffe expands to a second location on east Jasper Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s private-sector coworking space flourishing [Metro Edmonton]
- Transit officers trained to help people with mental health issues [CBC Edmonton]
- Yes, I’m still in Edmonton [She Rambles]
- Paramount Theatre becomes home to Deadmonton House [CBC Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- Demonyms—From coast to coast to coast [Government of Canada]
- Are road tolls the solution for our traffic woes? [Driving.ca]
- The Keys to Designing Cities With Fewer Traffic Fatalities [CityLab]
- 10-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Safer—and Still Move Plenty of Cars [CityLab]
- Six out of 10 Albertans overweight or obese: Report [Metro Calgary]
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