DOWNTOWN
- Take the Downtown Perception Survey and help drive the direction for its future improvement! [Downtown Business Association]
- Staples: Banning smoking at public square sends out an unfriendly message [Edmonton Journal]
FOOD & AG
- Edmonton moves forward with urban beekeeping [Mastermaq]
- Edmonton urban beekeepers buzzing into new hobby [Metro Edmonton]
- Volunteers plant city’s first “food forest” in river valley [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Horticultural Society tour shows off the best of secluded spaces [Edmonton Journal]
HERITAGE
- Archaeological dig near Walterdale Bridge shows how people lived [CBC Edmonton]
- Whyte Avenue music mural sandblasted and destroyed [CBC Edmonton]
- Top Ten Endangered Places and Worst Losses Lists Released! And Edmonton’s Paramount is on it… [Heritage Canada]
- MacEwan University uncovers part of Edmonton’s railway history [Edmonton Journal]
DEVELOPMENT
- Council green-lights Blatchford redevelopment [Edmonton Journal]
- Real Estate Matters: LRT a boon to nearby homeowners [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton housing prices on the rise, report says [Edmonton Journal]
- New site floated for future home of Edmonton Greyhound station [Metro Edmonton]
- Calgary landlord buying land near new Oilers rink [Edmonton Journal]
ENVIRONMENT & PARKS
- St. Albert woman donates 80-acre property to honour late husband’s memory [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: The fish are watching: Splashy new water features bring Valley Zoo, Borden Park, fresh joy [Edmonton Journal]
- IndiGogo Campaign: Memorial Parklet for Isaak Kornelsen halfway to fundraising goal [IndieGogo]
TRANSPORTATION
- Need to fix your bike? Edmonton gets its first bike repair station [Metro Edmonton]
- City review of Jasper intersection found it safe, but Mayor Don Iveson argues standards could be higher [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton’s most dangerous pedestrian crossings [CBC Edmonton]
- Police to patrol northern LRT line as full-time beat [Edmonton Journal]
- Council approves 30 km/h school zones, electronic parking meters [CBC Edmonton]
- City boosts funding, adds 51 extra projects to 2014 road construction season [Global Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- Mouallem: Imagine… Edmonton infrastructure by the people, for the people [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton’s WinterCity Strategy Earns National Award for Innovation and Leadership [City of Edmonton]
- Staples: How do we fix Edmonton’s image problem? [Edmonton Journal]
- U of A ranked #10 in global ranking of university business incubators [UBI Index]
- AGA architect dies but leaves architectural legacy in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Restaurateurs transform the common restroom into a conversation piece [Avenue Edmonton]
- City of Edmonton launches 311 app for iPhone, Android [Metro Edmonton]
- City of Edmonton Balloon Promotes Civic Pride and Community Spirit [Transforming Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- Only 1 in 5 Calgary cyclists a woman, study finds [Calgary Herald]
- Governments choosing development over conservation, parks group warns [CBC Edmonton]
- Urban Love Letters on Public Screens and Digital Billboards across Canada [ArtInTransit]
- How Low-Income Commuters View Cycling [CityLab]
- How Barcelona and Philadelphia are turning procurement upside down [Citiscope]
- Toronto green streetcar trackway study – maybe relevant to SE LRT? [City of Toronto]