URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- Editorial: Choose the right path for Jasper Avenue [Edmonton Journal]
- Downtown needs more amenities, from parks to dry cleaners: developers [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton’s greenest neighbourhood “intentionally designed” to allow citizens to not own a vehicle [Edmonton Sun]
- Edmonton’s downtown Milner library looking for ideas as renovations move forward [Metro Edmonton]
- Staples: Iveson casts off ideology to get it right on arena deal [Edmonton Journal]
- City wasting ‘political capital’ by seeking arena money from new provincial government, Iveson says [Edmonton Journal]
- New arena deal: How the city plans to fill a $32 million budget hole [CBC Edmonton]
- City of Edmonton won’t cash in on casino deal as land prices frozen [Metro Edmonton]
- A colorful window into downtown Edmonton’s transformation [Mastermaq.ca]
- Report on the 2015 Edmonton Infill Tour released [City Region Studies Centre]
- Edmonton councillors hoping new provincial government will rekindle Galleria project [Metro Edmonton]
TRANSPORTATION
- City update on Edmonton’s Valley Line LRT project [Metro Edmonton]
- Smith: Rachel Notley won the bike vote, proving transit solidarity is real [Metro Edmonton]
- Metro Line LRT trains hit the tracks for testing, training [Edmonton Journal]
- City must tap winter cyclist knowledge: University of Alberta student [Metro Edmonton]
YEG HI/STORIES
- 15 awesome aerial views of Edmonton from way back in the day [BuzzBuzzHome]
- Edmonton Maps Heritage “Put Yourself on the Map” Contest [Edmonton Heritage]
- Incline Railways – A Part of Edmonton’s History and Possible Future [Edmonton City As Museum Project]
- The Story of Mike’s News Stand [Edmonton City As Museum Project]
- Hotel Macdonald honours past mayor who saved the historic building [Edmonton Journal]
- Fur trade era find excites archeologist at Edmonton bridge dig [Edmonton Journal]
ART AND CULTURE
- Artwork reflects the Mill Woods experience [AMMSA]
- New gate and zodiac statues for Chinese Garden [Edmonton Journal]
- Secret burlesque in Edmonton aims to bring back the ‘cheeky’ [Metro Edmonton]
RECREATION
- Leashing Out: City of Edmonton meets with community to hear about pooches in public [Metro Edmonton]
- Review promises a new look at Edmonton’s off-leash dog spaces [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton bans mermaid tails at all city pools [Edmonton Journal]
- City plans three-year lease deal for Eastglen pool with Australian swim company [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmontonians trying to change the stigma around downtown Edmonton ‘drug park’ [Metro Edmonton]
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
- National Geographic recommends the world make Edmonton a summer vacation stop [Edmonton Journal]
- Want to help spruce up your neighbourhood? Then DIYcity is for you [Edmonton Journal]
- Don Iveson visits Edmonton AM for mayor’s phone-in [CBC Edmonton]
- City, not residents, should distribute light-pole petitions: McKeen [Edmonton Journal]
- Alley Kat Brewing Company toasts 20 years in business [CBC Edmonton]
- Northlands opens urban farm to public tours [Edmonton Journal]
- Fulton Place Community Garden brings ‘sunshine’ to community [Edmonton Journal]
- Edmonton food truck health inspection reports not online [CBC Edmonton]
- YEGBIKE crowd welcoming Omar Khadr to Edmonton [Metro Edmonton]
MISCELLANY
- We Are Cities: Community Innovation Grant. Deadline May 25! [We Are Cities]
- 4 Ways Cold-Climate Cities Can Make The Most Of Their Waterfronts [Architecture Daily]
- The High Cost of Residential Parking [CityLab]
- 167 condos, 0 parking stalls: Council approves car-free East Village tower [Calgary Herald]
- How Vancouver Became One of North America’s Most Family-Friendly Cities [CityLab]
- Opinion: Canada is falling short on infrastructure investment [Montreal Gazette]
- Babin: When we blame cyclists for being killed, it’s time for a rethink [Calgary Herald]
- Community gardens and farmers’ markets can help to relieve food deserts, but not for an entire city [London School of Economics]
- What 2 Battles Over Pedestrian Rights Say About L.A.’s Walkability [CityLab]