FOOD & AG
- Edmonton councillors approve urban bee pilot project [Metro]
- Garden centre flowers test positive for pesticide harmful to bees: study [Global]
- JULY 17: Help plant Edmonton’s first food forest! [Make Something Edmonton]
- Food truck with a difference: Converted bus brings fresh produce to low-income neighbourhoods [Globe and Mail]
- Neat video on a food waste reduction initiative by French supermarket Intermarché – “Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables” [Youtube]
HERITAGE
- Check out the City’s new online exhibit on the Humberstone Mine [City of Edmonton]
- Review: First and Jasper: The Love Story of Jasper Avenue [I Heart Edmonton]
- The Edmonton Heritage Council revamped their website. What do you think? [Edmonton Heritage Council]
DEVELOPMENT
- Edmonton councillors move forward with Rossdale plans, but Telus Field off the agenda [Metro]
- Edmonton councillors move ahead with inclined elevator in river valley [Metro]
- Challenges remain as new evidence shows Canada’s suburbs growing denser [Neptis]
- Graphic: Canada’s growth is still in the suburbs [@CanUrbanism]
- Vancouver creates new agency to increase affordable rental housing [Vancouver Sun]
ENVIRONMENT
- Canada, In Brief Your 2014 guide to the latest in provincial and territorial water [Water Canada]
- The shocking truth about B.C.’s carbon tax: It works [Globe and Mail]
- The very best view in Edmonton is from Shafraaz Kaba Net Zero home [Green Engery Futures]
TRANSPORT
- Edmonton councillors bridge pedway discussion to broader talk on Northlands’ future [Metro]
- Regional mayors push for second ring road around Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Forget the Shortest Route Across a City; New Algorithm Finds the Most Beautiful [Technology Review]
- Event July 15: Vibrant Community Speaker Series exploring the relationship of cycling to our urban environments. [MADE]
- Transportation Projects Don’t Need to Take as Long as They Do [CityLab]
- In a successful modern city, the car must no longer be king [The Guardian]
- Why Would You Have a Highway Run Through a City? [Governing]
- Edmonton can learn a lot from Amsterdam’s bike paths [Metro]
- Why Bikes Make Smart People Say Dumb Things [Medium]
- How Much Would It Cost to Minneapolize the Country? [Streetsblog]
MISCELLANY
- Best lakes and beaches in the Edmonton Region [Momstown]
- Shapes of Edmonton [Yoni is Happy via maybeedmonton]
- Poverty a major barrier to good health for urban aboriginals: study [CBC]
- Oral history goes digital as Google helps map ancestral lands [Globe and Mail]
- A Wonderfully Legible Redesign of a Parking Sign [Laughing Squid]
- Why Every city should be a Sharing City: and How Apps Can Help [New Cities Foundation]