URBAN POLITICS
- Canada’s big city mayors ready to push urban agenda [Globe and Mail]
- Canada’s big city mayors confident of clout in federal election [Toronto Star]
- The case for city investment for Canada’s future prosperity [Mayor Don Iveson]
- Idea of a big cities coalition proposed by Action Canada report [Action Canada]
- LRT, other city projects in jeopardy if province cuts grants, Mayor warns [CBC]
- Simons: City of Edmonton braces for provincial budget impact [Edmonton Journal]
WINTERCITY
- Cracked dreams: City of Edmonton to remove family’s beloved skating pond [Metro News]
- Staples: Have we become a nation of winter wimps? [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton puts too much effort on festivals — we should be vibrant every day [Metro News]
- Photos: Flying Canoe / Canot Volant festival [Edmonton Sun]
- Edmonton’s newest festival Lantern Fest set to be one of the ‘most beautiful things you’ll see’ [Metro News]
- How to make cycling possible in the snow [Bicycle Dutch]
HERITAGE
- Council urged to preserve Edmonton heritage character areas [Edmonton Journal]
- Prayer rug to help tell story of Edmonton and Canada’s first mosque [Metro News]
- Youth Volunteering Puts Heritage in the Hands of Future Generations [Edmonton Heritage Council]
- What’s in a Name? Place Names, History, and Colonialism [Active History]
- Relevant to Edmonton: The Case for Preserving ‘Historic’ Concrete Buildings in Britain [CityLab]
TRANSPORT
- City of Edmonton files court injunction against Uber [CBC]
- Simons: An Edmonton cabbie explains his life on the streets [Edmonton Journal]
- City of Edmonton mulls ways to make roads safer [CBC]
- City of Edmonton hoping active signs will hit home with drivers [Metro News]
ACTIVE TRANSPORT
- Staples: Is Edmonton ready for an anti-car revolution? [Edmonton Journal]
- Eight Edmonton bus route changes slotted for end of April [Metro News]
- A slice of Edmonton life, through the lens of our public transit [Metro News]
- Free Wi-Fi pilot coming to Edmonton’s Southgate LRT station [Metro News]
- Have a bike to rent? Edmontonians turning to website Spinlister to do just that [Metro News]
- Cyclist data from High Level Bridge not yet ready to be made public: city officials [Metro News]
- AASHTO moves toward endorsing protected bike lanes [People For Bikes]
DEVELOPMENT
- Blatchford: Building Green Homes [City of Edmonton]
- Roads built by Edmonton developers may be costing taxpayers millions [CBC]
- Edmonton councillors make another bid to get Belgravia-McKernan on board with infill [Metro News]
- Ritchie neighbourhood scores new market and restaurant complex [Edmonton Journal]
- Most people want Rexall Place saved for new use, Northlands survey shows [Edmonton Journal]
LOCAL NEWS
- Edmontonian suggests turning vacant properties on 124 Street into free work space [Metro News]
- New monthly games night aims to get downtown Edmonton kids meeting one another [Metro News]
- Edmonton beekeeper and chicken owner pleased as pilot programs take wing [Edmonton Journal]
- Gender-neutral bathrooms planned for Edmonton Public Schools [Metro News]
- Canada Post mistakenly has Edmontonians thinking mailbox locations already chosen, councillor says [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton air pollution must be reduced, provincial report says [Edmonton Journal]
- Open Edmonton group looking to video map the river valley [Metro News]
- Feb 15: Edmonton Public Library to celebrate International Open Data Day [Edmonton Public Library]
MISCELLANY
- Is Your Neighborhood Changing? It Might Be Youthification, Not Gentrification [CityLab]
- Shifting from parking lots to public gathering: The Upcycled City [Good Magazine]
- Hacking Public Space With the Designers Who Invented Park(ing) Day [Next City]
- How Trees Can Make City People Happier (and Vice Versa) [Next City]
- Urbanization and Smartphones Are Killing Car Culture [City Lab]