NATIONAL URBAN POLITICS
- Canada’s infrastructure gap is widest in big cities [Globe and Mail]
- 18 mayors can’t be wrong: Why Ottawa needs to do more for Canada’s cities [Metro News]
- Big-city mayors glad Tory, Toronto are back to lobby for federal funds [Globe and Mail]
- Let’s stand up for the cities we want [We Are Cities]
- The Interview: Edmonton mayor Don Iveson [Maclean’s]
WINTER CITY
- Winter, Mental Health and Urban Design: Social Connection and Public Spaces [Robin Mazumder]
- Ice castle the size of a football field headed to Hawrelak Park [Edmonton Journal]
- It’s wintertime, so head to the…patio? [Maclean’s]
TRANSPORTATION
- LRT, buses unsafe at night, female passengers say [CBC Edmonton]
- Poll: Do you feel safe on Edmonton transit? [Metro Edmonton]
- Love letter to west end commuters [Edmonton Journal]
- Parking meters stay, but City of Edmonton plans no stopping zone to ease commute [Metro Edmonton]
- Groat Road trail closure means different path for pedestrians, cyclists for eight weeks [Metro Edmonton]
- Student car share program targets university’s main demo: MacEwan [Metro Edmonton]
- In tweets: Edmontonians celebrate second Winter Bike to Work Day [Metro Edmonton]
- Electronic screens on Edmonton’s LRT platforms ‘loud’ and ‘distracting’ for some transit users [Metro Edmonton]
- Most interesting thing about Ski2LRT? Cross-country ski desire lines [Metro Edmonton]
URBAN RETAIL
- Historic J.B. Little home in Riverdale to open doors as cafe [CBC Edmonton]
- Local organic and natural grocery stores consider future Whole Foods Edmonton location a ‘win-win’ [Metro Edmonton]
- Whyte Avenue businesses struggling with high costs, few customers [CBC Edmonton]
- Shoppers Drug Mart to Test Fresh Food in its Regina Locations [Retail Insider]
DEVELOPMENT
- Edmonton study finds 31 hectares of vacant inner-city land that could be developed [Edmonton Journal]
- Co-housing project coming to Old Strathcona pending zoning change [Metro Edmonton]
- Mouallem: ‘Encouraged’ to be patient: Re-imagined 104 Avenue corridor projected for 25 years [Metro Edmonton]
- Decoteau vote erupts into accusations of bullying [CBC Edmonton]
- Simons: City’s loaded Galleria survey makes a mockery of public consultation [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Galleria project waiting for unlikely provincial cash [Metro Edmonton]
- Living Small: Parking critical in condo projects [Edmonton Journal]
YEG GROWTH OUTLOOK
- Edmonton now Canada’s 5th largest metro region [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s fast population growth to slow in 2015, city economist says [Edmonton Journal]
- City’s chief economist’s forecast sunnier than premier’s, but warns of storm clouds on horizon [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL NEWS
- Edmonton abandons Commonwealth Games bid after province backs out [Edmonton Journal]
- Return to the Roots – The new CEO of Northlands envisions a revival of the organization’s agricultural base [Avenue Edmonton]
- Edmonton arena public art calls get heavy response [Metro Edmonton]
- Dead Venues Project aims to resurrect Edmonton’s musical past [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Coun. Andrew Knack wants city to look at gender-neutral washrooms [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton families find groove in smaller schools after EPSB redesigns boundaries [Metro Edmonton]
- Churchill Square smoking ban on track, but restrictions on fire pits go up in smoke [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Coun. Mike Nickel calls out city administration on road inspections [Metro Edmonton]
- Merger one option as Leduc city, county mull closer co-operation [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton Food Council looking for new members! [Edmonton Food Council]
MISCELLANY
- The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking” [Vox Magazine]
- Democracy Is for Amateurs: Why We Need More Citizen Citizens [The Atlantic]
- Micro condos will face their first real test in Canada this year, experts say [Edmonton Journal]
- The Incredibly Simple Fantasy Bus Route Tool Even the Pros Love [CityLab]
- What Human-Centered Design Teaches Us About Making Cities Car-Optional [Sustainable Cities Collective]