TRUTH & RECONCILIATION
- Read the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada here [TRC]
- Canada’s big city mayors commit to a new equal partnership with Aboriginal people in Canada [FCM]
- In Edmonton, TRC report marks an end and a beginning [Metro News]
- ‘There’s no hate. It’s forgiveness,’ says residential school survivor [Edmonton Journal]
- ‘What do we do next?’: Edmontonians anticipate Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report [Edmonton Journal]
- As Edmonton ponders what the word Reconciliation means, some say the Grandin LRT murals provide an example [Metro News]
CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES
- Canadian mayors gathered in Edmonton call for national debate on cities [Metro News]
- Federal NDP to pledge dramatic boost in city investment [Metro News]
- Transit, infrastructure on the agenda as Edmonton hosts national municipal meeting [Edmonton Journal]
- Report: Youth across Canada have identified five key areas in which we would like to collaborate with our municipalities to create change [FCM]
TRANSPORT
- Say it ain’t so — Metro Line LRT opening postponed again [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: ETS boss likely let go over philosophical issues, insiders say [Edmonton Journal]
- Launch of electronic parking meters in Edmonton delayed at least a month [Metro News]
- An the new 102 ave bike corridor spark transformation in the urban core? [The Yards]
- How a legendary City Councillor brought bike lanes to Edmonton [The Yards]
- Relevant in Alberta as well: Cycling two abreast – what’s the big deal? [Cycle Montreal]
- De-sexualizing the woman cyclist [Metro News]
- Minneapolis is only U.S. city on worldwide bike-friendly list [Star Tribune]
- What happens if you tear the Gardiner down? What New York can teach Toronto about urban renewal [Globe and Mail]
LOCAL NEWS
- Staples: Cloverdale getting it right in river valley redevelopment [Edmonton Journal]
- Infill project feeling resistance from some Highlands residents [Global News]
- West of 21 development east of Edmonton approved [Sherwood Park News]
- Edmonton still doesn’t seem to get it: Nobody comes for the parking [Metro News]
- Surplus school sites to be turned into affordable housing [CBC]
- Alberta government gives municipal climate fund a boost [Metro News]
- Two Foreign Trade Zones in created in Alberta [Government of Canada]
MISCELLANY
- Big trouble over little Conrich: Calgary-county tensions flare [Calgary Herald]
- On Annexation, Cities, and Suburbs: the Texan tug-of-war [Economist]
- Fairmont to expand ‘bee hotels’ across Canada [Metro News]
- The Missing Middle is another model for providing dense family housing [Treehugger]
- Young People and Placemaking: Engaging Youth to Create Community Places [PPS]