WINTER CITY

• Iveson: For the Love of Winter [doniveson.ca]
• Embracing Edmonton’s winter through new urban design guidelines [MetroEdmonton]
• We need to be more chill and warmly embrace winter, conference told [Edmonton Journal]
• Mayor slides into downtown Edmonton’s first outdoor [winter] farmers market [Edmonton Journal]
• Unveiling Edmonton’s frozen trail potential [VUE Weekly]

TRANSPORT

• Mouallem: Edmonton’s Uber/taxi debate, whatever the result, is ultimately good for consumers [Metro Edmonton]
• Uber and Edmonton heading for a showdown [Edmonton Journal]
• Uber offers free rides as council mulls ride-share bylaws [CBC Edmonton]
• New design standards could transform winter streets for pedestrians [CBC Edmonton]
• Give the people what they want when it comes to bike infrastructure: urban design expert [Metro Edmonton]
• Cycling advocates look for more information on Edmonton cyclist collisions [Metro Edmonton]
• City of Edmonton says Walterdale Bridge will open on time, despite steel delays [Metro Edmonton]
• City of Edmonton looking to open up downtown sidewalks [Metro Edmonton]
• Police, business association reps warn of ‘near misses’ on Whyte Avenue [Metro Edmonton]
• Pedcrawl looks to bring attention to Edmonton’s pedway system [Metro Edmonton]
• Taking LRT? You can now ski to the Century Park station [Global Edmonton]
• Walking, biking, and living safely in Queen Alexandra [Transforming Edmonton]

DEVELOPMENT

• Edmonton councillors ready to test the waters on Rossdale canal concept [Metro News]
• Bridge project threatens old growth forest, critics say [Edmonton Journal]
• Council approves green vision for Horse Hill development [Edmonton Journal]
• Government to give sneak peek inside the newly restored, controversial Federal Building [Edmonton Journal]
• Simons: Federal Building’s mad makeover a $403-million anti-climax [Edmonton Journal]
• New report suggests expropriation could eliminate restrictions on former grocery sites [Edmonton Journal]
• Sobeys not blocking a new grocer in downtown Edmonton [Alberta Venture]
• Old downtown Sobeys location remains empty as company officials look to sublease  [Metro News]
• Edmonton councillors approve rezoning for new tower project in Oliver [Metro Edmonton]
• Blatchford: Business as Unusual [Transforming Edmonton]

HERITAGE & CULTURE

• Cookbook aims to give a taste of Edmonton’s history [ECAMP]
• Simons: Treaty Six chiefs, Fort Edmonton Park, vow to retell our history, together [Edmonton Journal]
• Fort Edmonton signs new partnership with Treaty Six [Metro Edmonton]
• Community comes together to support planned Roxy Theatre performances [Metro Edmonton]
• illumiNITE invites you to join the competition for light sculptures and installations [M.A.D.E. in Edmonton]

LOCAL NEWS

• City hopes new energy plan will help environment while creating $2.5 billion in savings [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmonton architect elected to lead Royal Institute [Edmonton Journal]
• Struggling downtown retailer turns to MacEwan business students for ideas [Edmonton Journal]
• Emergency phones, signs installed on High Level Bridge [Edmonton Journal]
• Plan aims to put all Edmonton students in new or renovated public schools [Edmonton Journal]

MISCELLANY

• Damage from cancelled census as bad as feared, researchers say [Globe and Mail]
• Downtown vs. suburbs: which costs more? [CBC]
• Opinion: Right time to boost capital construction [Edmonton Journal]
• Civic leaders worry province could delay funding for capital projects due to falling oil [Calgary Herald]
• Target demise demands fresh approaches from big-box retailers [Vancouver Sun]
• Why Architects and Second-Tier Cities Need Each Other [City Lab]
• Climate change could turn bogs into bush [Metro News]
• How urban designers are getting Canadians outside – even in the deepest freeze [Globe and Mail]