#YEGVOTE:
- Advance polls give Edmonton voters 10 days to cast ballot. So far, 8438 Edmonton residents casted their ballot the first five days [CBC]
- Not sure what counts as proof of identification and residence for voting? Check out this list! [City of Edmonton]
- Compiled responses from Mayoral and Ward Candidates by the Local Good’s questionnaire [The Local Good]
- Scaling the zombie wall: Sustainability amidst suburban sprawl should be one of top election issues [Vue Weekly]
- For more election coverage, see Mack’s Edmonton Election 2013: Update #9 [MasterMaq]
MAYORAL RACE:
- Mayoral election a race between Don Iveson and Kerry Diotte [Daveberta] Not so, says Karen Leibovici [City News]
- A small point about taxation as it relates to the Edmonton municipal election, 2013 [Behind the hedge]
- Results: You make the call: Edmonton mayoral candidate Q&As [Edmonton Journal]
- Kerry Diotte wants end to building ‘unsustainable’ recreation centres [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Diotte pushing failed policies, fighting old battles [Edmonton Journal]
- Karen Leibovici challenges Don Iveson on specifics, arena support in Edmonton mayor’s race [Metro News]
- Emotions high at candidate forum on homelessness [CBC]
- Gunter: Iveson most impressive mayoral candidate [Edmonton Sun]
WARD RACES:
- Ward 6 Candidates to tour Rossdale Power Plant site [Rossdale Regeneration]
- Urban sprawl attacked by nearly all candidates at Edmonton Ward 6 forum [Edmonton Journal]
- Ward 10 residents grill candidates on infrastructure [Edmonton Journal]
- Student Voice Alberta aims to establish the position of elected Student Trustees on every local school board in the province [The Local Good]
#YEGMEMORY (HERITAGE):
- EVENT: How does urban existence shape collective memory? EHC looks at this question and more at the 2013 Symposium! [Edmonton Heritage Council]
- Pilots share memories as they land at the Edmonton City Centre Airport for last time Blatchford Field: Commemorative Fly-In marks 102 years of aviation history [Edmonton Journal]
- MIGRATIONS [Foolscap Studio]
- Steve Mouzon on Learning from Old Buildings [Vimeo]
- What’s ‘Historic’—And Who Says? Nine Practical Reasons To Save Old Buildings [Metro Pulse]
#MAKESOMETHINGYEG:
- Hingston: Next chapter in book borrowing comes to Oliver [Edmonton Journal]
- Project: Recycling Election signs [Make Something Edmonton]
- Project: The Edmonton FREEZEWAY [Make Something Edmonton]
- VIDEO: The Living Bridge Project [Edmonton Community Foundation]
GETTING AROUND (TRANSPORT):
- Why The Kids Don’t Drive [Calgary Herald]
- PHOTO: The unveiling of Edmonton’s own wayfinding sign at centennial plaza! [via @MADEinEdm]
- LRT Tour – More Art Needed at our Stations [Daily Gems]
- Walking through Chinatown’s artsy side [The Local Good]
- Why You Hate Cyclists 10.9k 525 0 Partly because of jerks like me. But it’s mostly your own illogical mind. [Slate]
DEVELOPMENT:
- Higher property taxes for new suburbs urged by Manning Centre [Calgary Herald]
- Why the U.S. Needs to Fall Out of Love With Homeownership [Atlantic Cities]
- Think living in suburbia’s cheaper? Think again [Globe and Mail]
- Opening of $350-million MLA office building delayed until fall 2014 [Edmonton Journal]
ALBERTA NEWS:
- The Cold Lake Advantage: one Alberta First Nation is giving new meaning to the notion of entrepreneurial spirit [Alberta Venture]
- Flood victims face tough decision: rebuild, or walk away [Global News]
- Sprawl, user fees for services debated at U of C public policy forum [Calgary Herald]
- Calgary Mayor calls $470K blue ring billed as public art ‘awful’ [CBC Calgary]
OTHER:
- Lamphier: Architects of their own future choose Edmonton [Edmonton Journal]
- The Charter of Canadian Urbanism was ratified and signed on September 29, 2013 in Halifax, Nova Scotia [Canadian Urbanism]
- The geography of business Global cities revisited [Economist]
- 22 Animals Who’ve Been Hiding Out In The London Underground Map [BuzzFeed]