{"id":3564,"date":"2013-12-23T09:12:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2013-12-23T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T16:12:29","slug":"edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 16 \u2013 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>POLITICS &amp; DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A must read by\u00a0Graham Thomson: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/Graham+Thomson+Alberta+politics+revolves+around+selling+oilsands\/9306309\/story.html\">Alberta politics revolves around selling the oilsands<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/Downtown+office+growth+horizon+says+real+estate+firm\/9302564\/story.html\">Edmonton downtown office growth on the horizon, says real estate firm<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformingedmonton.ca\/index.php\/2013\/12\/19\/evolving-infill-and-public-engagement\/\">Evolving Infill and Public Engagement<\/a>\u00a0[City of Edmonton]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2013\/12\/18\/rental-prices-canada_n_4467975.html?utm_hp_ref=tw\">Cities With The Largest Rent Hikes: Prairies On Fire As Toronto Lags<\/a>\u00a0[Huffington Post]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/calgary\/Mayor+Naheed+Nenshi+little+time+Urban+Development+Institute\/9298347\/story.html\">Nenshi cuts ties with industry groups<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nakedcityblog.blogspot.ca\/2013\/12\/when-planners-insist-walmart-gets-urban.html\">When planners insist, Walmart gets urban<\/a>\u00a0[Naked City]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/66545\">Farms Become the Latest Must-Have Suburban Amenity<\/a>\u00a0[Planetizen]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>YEGHERITAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you know the Al-Rashid mosque, established in Edmonton between 1935\/36 was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KFS4Z9VqzBE&amp;feature=youtu.be\">the first mosque in Canada<\/a>? [Youtube]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/notjustgarbage.tumblr.com\/post\/68708046078\/the-oblats-maison-provinciale-next-to-st-joachim\">The Oblats Maison Provinciale next to St Joachim Church by Grandin Station has been sold<\/a>\u00a0[Not Just Garbage]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maybeedmonton.tumblr.com\/post\/70553679419\/balfour-manor-10139-116th-street-was-built-in\">Before and after photos of Balfour Manor<\/a>\u00a0[Maybe Edmonton]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WINTER CITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/887908\/edmonton-declares-its-signature-winter-drink\/\">Edmonton declares its signature winter drink<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.ualberta.ca\/newsarticles\/2013\/december\/whatever-gets-you-through-the-yeglongnight\">English professor&#8217;s innovative project aims to map social media stories from Edmonton&#8217;s longest night of the year.<\/a>\u00a0Check out their latest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/yeglongnight.edmontonpipelines.org\/word-cloud\/\">Word Cloud<\/a>.\u00a0[University of Alberta]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.calgaryherald.com\/2013\/12\/20\/the-nine-best-and-worst-types-of-snow-for-winter-cycling\/\">The nine best and worst types of snow for winter cycling<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/889014\/government-failure-to-invest-in-edmonton-lrt-would-be-at-their-peril-argues-don-iveson\/\">Government failure to invest in Edmonton LRT would be \u201cat their peril\u201d argues Don Iveson<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/sports\/Iveson+optimistic+arena+track+next+year\/9308231\/story.html\">Iveson optimistic arena, LRT on track for next year<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/best+nicknames+ride+rails\/9293588\/story.html\">The best LRT nicknames not to ride the rails<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/globe-debate\/let-the-airport-model-drive-roads-and-transit\/article15935637\/\">Let the airport model drive roads and transit<\/a>\u00a0[Globe and Mail]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/news\/news\/canadian-youth-choosing-transit-rich-urban-cores-over\">Canadian youth choosing transit-rich urban cores over suburbs, new study finds<\/a>\u00a0[University of Waterloo]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/calgary\/Controversial+cycle+lane+boosts+traffic+flow\/9285608\/story.html\">Controversial cycle lane in Calgary boosts traffic flow<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/design\/2013\/12\/-and-after-guide-safer-streets\/7867\/\">A Before-and-After Guide to Safer Streets<\/a>\u00a0[Atlantic Cities]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablecitiescollective.com\/embarq\/206271\/4-ways-cities-benefit-bus-rapid-transit\">4 Ways Cities Benefit From Bus Rapid Transit<\/a>\u00a0[Sustainable Cities Collective]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/autopia\/2013\/12\/brt-middle-class\/\">Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don\u2019t Rely on It<\/a>\u00a0[Wired]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/canadiangeographic.ca\/blog\/posting.asp?ID=982&amp;utm_content=buffera86c2&amp;utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer\">Understanding change in Canada\u2019s boreal forest is critical to appreciating habitat change around the globe<\/a>\u00a0[Canadian Geographic]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/business\/Industry+governments+discuss+conditions+oilsands+water\/9290094\/story.html?cid=dlvr.it-twitter-edmontonjournal\">Industry, governments discuss conditions for oilsands water release<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/technology\/Caribou+face+major+threat+from+climate+change+study+finds\/9289117\/story.html\">Caribou face major threat from climate change. Historic habitat could shrink by 90 per cent by 2070<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MISCELLANY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/from-store-to-stage-toronto-theatres-set-up-shop-in-small-places\/article15966696\/\">From store to stage: Toronto theatres set up shop in small places<\/a>\u00a0[Globe and Mail]<\/li>\n<li>London:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/local-government-network\/2013\/dec\/15\/banksy-full-monty-councils-invest-in-creativity\">City leaders must invest in creative industries, such as architecture and advertising<\/a>\u00a0[The Guardian]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2013\/12\/expensive-cities-are-killing-creativity-2013121065856922461.html\">Expensive cities are killing creativity.<\/a>\u00a0[Al Jazeera]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLITICS &amp; DEVELOPMENT A must read by\u00a0Graham Thomson: Alberta politics revolves around selling the oilsands\u00a0[Edmonton Journal] Edmonton downtown office growth on the horizon, says real estate firm\u00a0[Edmonton Journal] Evolving Infill and Public Engagement\u00a0[City of Edmonton] Cities With The Largest Rent Hikes: Prairies On Fire As Toronto Lags\u00a0[Huffington Post] Nenshi cuts ties with industry groups\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 16 \u2013 23&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8111,"featured_media":3571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 16 \u2013 23 - Spacing Edmonton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Giang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/\",\"name\":\"Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 16 \u2013 23 - Spacing Edmonton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/12\/23_St_Joachim.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-23T16:12:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#\/schema\/person\/5c568d4ad3a9e6a81f55f1a6b7e94b5f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/12\/23\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-16-23\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/12\/23_St_Joachim.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/12\/23_St_Joachim.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":316,\"caption\":\"The Oblats Maison Provinciale next to St Joachim Church in Grandin, Edmonton. 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