THE GOOD NEWS
- Council to save Rossdale power plant; cost of fix up for further study [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s biggest cultural export, the Fringe, comes to a close. Congratulation for another record year! #YEGFRINGE in Pictures! [Storify]
THE BAD NEWS
- Edmonton city councillors approve controversial Oliver plan with only Sloan, Iveson, and Henderson voting against [Metro News]
- Plans for Molson Brewery site get mixed reaction [CTV News]
- Tempers flare at Terwillegar housing meeting [CBC]
ELECTION
- Edmonton Election 2013: Update #2 [MasterMaq]
- City making it easier for Edmonton’s homeless to vote in upcoming election [Global News]
HERITAGE
- Treaty 6 Day Proclaimed in Edmonton [City of Edmonton]
- LeMarchand Mansion addition approved by Edmonton city council [Edmonton Journal]
- The High Level Bridge at 100 [Edmonton Heritage Council]
- Exhibit: Spanning a Century: Edmonton’s High Level Bridge through Photographs [Alberta Culture]
- Deadline extended: Call for Spaces-Places Brainstorming Group City as Museum Project [Edmonton Heritage Council]
TRANSPORTATION
- Public Transit Is Worth Way More to a City Than You Might Think [Atlantic Cities]
- If you can walk three kilometres, here’s how you can walk — rather than drive [Wayfinding Edmonton]
- City using fun method to promote bicycle safety on Edmonton roads [Global News]
- Confessions of a Recovering Engineer [Strong Towns]
- Bus route to Edmonton International Airport marks milestone [Global News]
- A rant on Edmonton’s back-to-the-future transit thinking [Tim Querengesser]
- Edmonton councillors face big decision on the southeast LRT [Metro News]
- Why car companies can’t win young adults [CNN]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Downtown Edmonton seeing growth, but residential key to continued success: Commercial realtor [Metro News]
- Welcome the age of the ‘anti-mall’ (maybe?) [Natural Resources Defense Council]
- Fort McMurray: Beyond bitumen [Edmonton Journal]
- Shigeru Ban: Emergency shelters made from paper [TEDtalks]
- Families WILL Choose to Live Downtown, If We Design for Kids! [Planetizen]
ENVIRONMENT