TRANSPORTATION
- Edmonton’s Metro Line to start operating at slower speeds Sept. 6 [Edmonton Journal]
- Simons: City trains its sights on opening Metro LRT line Sept. 6, but vision seems blurry [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton pressures province for park-and-ride land transfers [Edmonton Journal]
- Smith: Cameras are sadly an essential tool for cycling safety for many [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton should look at raising age for free child transit rides, mayor says [Edmonton Journal]
- Queen Alexandra residents get chance to redesign 106th Street [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton has ‘ignored human toll’ of Whyte Avenue collisions for too long: group [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton group taking pre-emptive measures to redesign roadways for bikes, pedestrians [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton to build dedicated carshare parking as market heats up [Metro Edmonton]
- Car share companies to get downtown parking stalls [Edmonton Sun]
- Uber makes suggestions for Edmonton’s pending regulations [Metro Edmonton]
- Vast majority of city road projects on schedule, budget [Metro Edmonton]
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- New wave of renters challenges stereotypes [Edmonton Journal]
- City, communities working on collaborative infill development process [Edmonton Journal]
- Katz group to pay for new road cutting through site of future Rogers Place arena [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton breaks ground on ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Blatchford development [CBC Edmonton]
- Mayor Don Iveson optimisitic on Blatchford despite economy [Metro Edmonton]
- Construction starts for Edmonton downtown airport redevelopment [Edmonton Journal]
- Tait: Lawyer floating canal idea for Edmonton [Edmonton Sun]
- Demand for downtown offices hit by falling oil prices [Edmonton Journal]
ARTS and CULTURE
- Simons: Green onion cakes are my official taste of Edmonton’s summer [Edmonton Journal]
- Artists hope to show both sides of Edmonton’s notorious York Hotel [Edmonton Journal]
- Death Spoke: a punk bike club building community [VUE Weekly]
- Edmonton Folk Fest: How Did We Get Here? [Edmonton City as Museum Project]
- Downtown Edmonton parkade gets colourful boost from local artist [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton considers ringing in the New Year a few hours earlier [Metro Edmonton]
- Simons: Fifty-per-cent increase in policing costs squeezes Edmonton festivals [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s Rostizado on list of Canada’s best new restaurants [Metro Edmonton]
- Big E in Churchill Square draws opinions from A to Z [CBC Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- EVENT: Park(ing) Day 2015 on September 18 [The Drawing Room]
- EVENT: What Comes After Oil? August 21 at the AGA [Petro Futures]
- Coming up at City Council: August 17-21, 2015 [Mastermaq.ca]
- Petition to save Edmonton trees gains support [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River hitting new lows for water levels [Metro Edmonton]
- Built With Logs [Edmonton City as Museum Project]
- Edmonton homeless shelters need water donations [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton ‘slumlord’ has long criminal history, including drugs, violence [CBC Edmonton]
- Edmonton land trust wants more backyard bee hotels [CBC Edmonton]
- Paramount Theatre becomes home to Deadmonton House [CBC Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- Lambert: Whether you’re on two, four or no wheels, let’s get along [Calgary Herald]
- Closed Ontario schools may be transformed into ‘community hubs’ [Globe and Mail]
- Playgrounds for senior citizens? Genius idea [Upworthy]
- Calgary’s St. Patrick’s Island Park: The Good, The Bad, The Nice To Have [Everyday Tourist]
- Calgary adding rain gardens to protect city waterways [Metro News]
- The concrete beauty of brutalist architecture – in pictures [The Guardian]