LOCAL STORIES
- Possible Stantec and Enbridge tower plans for downtown [630 CHED]
- The restoration job of a century: Legislature dome facelift full of challenges [Edmonton Journal]
- Difference makers: Entrepreneur’s energy fuels success of 124th Street outdoor market [Edmonton Journal]
- Difference makers: Edmonton graffiti artist no longer vilified [Edmonton Journal]
- The Samson Cree First Nation says Hobbema will become “Maskwacis” – Cree for “Bear Hill” – on January 1st. [CBC]
- Decision on wind turbines Southeast of Edmonton could be overruled [Calgary Herald]
ALBERTA STORIES
- Alberta Politics 2013: Big City Mayors [Daveberta]
- A response to Jeremy Klaszus’ article [Metro News]: Why don’t Calgarians embrace winter? Or do we? [Everyday Tourist]
- Forecast failure: How flood warnings came too late for southern Albertans [Edmonton Journal]
- “His next project will be called Rabbit with a death wish.” Viral video spurs AB bear conservation discussions [Global News]
- The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC – Alberta Chapter) is holding its first annual architectural photo competition. [MADE]
MICELLANY
- Important Buildings We Lost in 2013 [Atlantic Cities]
- Harper government cutting more than $100 million related to protection of water [Canada.com]
- Opinion: The ever-growing expectations of design can no longer be met. We are in a design bubble [Dezeen]
- A Little Less Driving Means Big Dividends For Local Economies [Fast CoExist]
- The Forgotten History of How Cities Almost Killed the Common Squirrel [Atlantic Cities]
- Even in Cities With Large Rail Networks, Buses Still (Usually) Rule [Next City]