URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Editorial: Choose the right path for Jasper Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
• Downtown needs more amenities, from parks to dry cleaners: developers [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmonton’s greenest neighbourhood “intentionally designed” to allow citizens to not own a vehicle [Edmonton Sun]
• Edmonton’s downtown Milner library looking for ideas as renovations move forward [Metro Edmonton]
• Staples: Iveson casts off ideology to get it right on arena deal [Edmonton Journal]
• City wasting ‘political capital’ by seeking arena money from new provincial government, Iveson says [Edmonton Journal]
• New arena deal: How the city plans to fill a $32 million budget hole [CBC Edmonton]
• City of Edmonton won’t cash in on casino deal as land prices frozen [Metro Edmonton]
• A colorful window into downtown Edmonton’s transformation [Mastermaq.ca]
• Report on the 2015 Edmonton Infill Tour released [City Region Studies Centre]
• Edmonton councillors hoping new provincial government will rekindle Galleria project [Metro Edmonton]

TRANSPORTATION

• City update on Edmonton’s Valley Line LRT project [Metro Edmonton]
• Smith: Rachel Notley won the bike vote, proving transit solidarity is real [Metro Edmonton]
• Metro Line LRT trains hit the tracks for testing, training [Edmonton Journal]
• City must tap winter cyclist knowledge: University of Alberta student [Metro Edmonton]

YEG HI/STORIES

• 15 awesome aerial views of Edmonton from way back in the day [BuzzBuzzHome]
• Edmonton Maps Heritage “Put Yourself on the Map” Contest [Edmonton Heritage]
• Incline Railways – A Part of Edmonton’s History and Possible Future [Edmonton City As Museum Project]
• The Story of Mike’s News Stand [Edmonton City As Museum Project]
• Hotel Macdonald honours past mayor who saved the historic building [Edmonton Journal]
• Fur trade era find excites archeologist at Edmonton bridge dig [Edmonton Journal]

ART AND CULTURE

• Artwork reflects the Mill Woods experience [AMMSA]
• New gate and zodiac statues for Chinese Garden [Edmonton Journal]
• Secret burlesque in Edmonton aims to bring back the ‘cheeky’ [Metro Edmonton]

RECREATION

• Leashing Out: City of Edmonton meets with community to hear about pooches in public [Metro Edmonton]
• Review promises a new look at Edmonton’s off-leash dog spaces [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmonton bans mermaid tails at all city pools [Edmonton Journal]
• City plans three-year lease deal for Eastglen pool with Australian swim company [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmontonians trying to change the stigma around downtown Edmonton ‘drug park’ [Metro Edmonton]

OTHER LOCAL NEWS

• National Geographic recommends the world make Edmonton a summer vacation stop [Edmonton Journal]
• Want to help spruce up your neighbourhood? Then DIYcity is for you [Edmonton Journal]
• Don Iveson visits Edmonton AM for mayor’s phone-in [CBC Edmonton]
• City, not residents, should distribute light-pole petitions: McKeen [Edmonton Journal]
• Alley Kat Brewing Company toasts 20 years in business [CBC Edmonton]
• Northlands opens urban farm to public tours [Edmonton Journal]
• Fulton Place Community Garden brings ‘sunshine’ to community [Edmonton Journal]
• Edmonton food truck health inspection reports not online [CBC Edmonton]
• YEGBIKE crowd welcoming Omar Khadr to Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]

MISCELLANY

• We Are Cities: Community Innovation Grant. Deadline May 25! [We Are Cities]
• 4 Ways Cold-Climate Cities Can Make The Most Of Their Waterfronts [Architecture Daily]
• The High Cost of Residential Parking [CityLab]
• 167 condos, 0 parking stalls: Council approves car-free East Village tower [Calgary Herald]
• How Vancouver Became One of North America’s Most Family-Friendly Cities [CityLab]
• Opinion: Canada is falling short on infrastructure investment [Montreal Gazette]
• Babin: When we blame cyclists for being killed, it’s time for a rethink [Calgary Herald]
• Community gardens and farmers’ markets can help to relieve food deserts, but not for an entire city [London School of Economics]
• What 2 Battles Over Pedestrian Rights Say About L.A.’s Walkability [CityLab]