NATIONAL URBAN ISSUES
- Federal parties promise Edmonton LRT funding [Metro Edmonton]
- Canada needs a strong advocate for cities: Editorial [Toronto Star]
- Mayor Don Iveson says feds stiffed Edmonton on LRT funding [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton mayor Don Iveson wants answers on federal LRT funds [Metro Edmonton]
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Simons: Edmonton’s brewery castle deserves financial rescue [Edmonton Journal]
- Staples: Edmonton builder calls for ‘heavy-handed’ crackdown on bad infill practices [Edmonton Journal]
- Incentives would clear looming glut of Edmonton downtown office space: developer [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton councillors hear complaints about infill construction projects [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton Artery and Graphic Arts building face steep preservation costs [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton plans $14-million redevelopment around Stadium LRT station [Metro Edmonton]
- A tale of two cities: Comparison between Edmonton’s Rogers Place and proposed Calgary arena development [Edmonton Journal]
TRANSPORTATION
- Metro LRT line could be running at full speed this year if consultants give green light, Iveson says [Edmonton Journal]
- Bus rapid transit (BRT) could be added to 10-year transit plan [Metro Edmonton]
- Yellowhead freeflow plan moving forward slowly [Metro Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- A Kingdom in North Edmonton: Castledowns 1969-1979 [Edmonton City as Museum Project]
- Both Edmonton and Vancouver fired their city managers but for opposite reasons [Metro Edmonton]
- New Vital Signs report busts ‘myths’ about Edmonton’s aboriginal population [Edmonton Journal]
- Parents worried after 21 Edmonton school projects delayed [Metro Edmonton]
- Edmonton city council votes to keep group homes rules unchanged [Metro Edmonton]