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]