DEVELOPMENT
- Delta hotel announced for Edmonton’s arena district [Edmonton Journal]
- Road sale in Edmonton arena district completed [Metro News]
- New West Edmonton Mall wing next to water park [Edmonton Journal]
- Listen the CBC’s story on the various developments in the Quarters [CBC]
- Two new neighbourhoods proposed in Big Lake [City of Edmonton]
- Edmonton proves hot spot for net zero homes in Canada [Edmonton Journal]
- Feature on the recently-opened Highlands Branch Library [Design Chronicle]
OTHER LOCAL
- Touring Edmonton through the eyes of a stranger [Edmonton Journal]
- The City Market: local goods and a homegrown community [ECAMP]
- Edmonton visitor centre will close at end of 2014 [Metro News]
- Edmonton one of Canada’s youngest cities, statistics say [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Petroleum Club doors will shut in 2015 [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s first impression: Is it a good one? [Metro News]
- Staples: Can the city save The End of the World? [Edmonton Journal]
- Homeless, at-risk youth focus of new documentary “Through My Eyes” [Metro News]
- Why don’t we set our stories in Edmonton? “I hate it here.” [Thomas Wharton]
- Edmonton writer helping local stories percolate to coffee drinkers [Metro News]
TRANSPORT
- Opening of Edmonton’s Metro LRT Line delayed for third time [Global]
- RFP issued for Valley Line – comment now or forever hold your peace? [Edmonton Journal]
- Car-Free Whyte Avenue rollout won’t likely happen until 2015: city officials [Metro News]
- No mention of service level… five complaints from ETS users [Metro News]
- Poll: Edmonton officials to extend 106 Street winter bike lane maintenance pilot [Metro News]
- Bikers Suck Down Less Pollution When They Ride In Separated Bike Lanes [Fast CoExist]
- Edmonton mayor fights back against photo radar critics [Edmonton Journal]
ALBERTA
- Prentice pledges 55 new schools across Alberta with 15 new schools in Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- Mystery benches and miniature libraries: why small community projects matter [Edmonton Journal]
- City charter framework agreement for Calgary, Edmonton sets 2016 deadline [CBC]
- When art attacks: City pulls sculpture after visitor’s jacket singed by reflected rays [Calgary Herald]
MISCELLANY
- Elementary school balances social good, architectural quality and budgetary restraint [Globe and Mail]
- Interesting Video on Winnipeg’s Central Park Neighborhood Revitalization [Impact Design Hub]
- Ten Ways to Transform Cities through Placemaking & Public Spaces [ArchDaily]
- How city planners could help women feel safer [CBC]
- Four European Wastelands Reclaimed as Stunning Public Spaces [En Route]
- The Fading Distinction Between City and Suburb [City Lab]
- An Addictive Tool Tracks the Explosive Expansion of the World’s Megacities [City Lab]