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As Chair of the Canadian Big City Mayors’ group, I am in Marrakech this week for the COP22 Climate Change Conference. I am grateful to Environment & Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna for the opportunity to join her as part of the Canadian delegation and for including the municipal perspective in implementing the Paris Agreement.… Read More
This is a modified version of the statement I gave to the media earlier today, Wednesday, September 24th. Today, administration released its report analyzing Northlands’ redevelopment plan. It is a long and thorough assessment of the current and future state not only of the facilities at Northlands but of key aspects of Northlands’ re-envisioning. Next… Read More
On Wednesday, City Council had a chance to discuss the West Rossdale development and refine a vision for the area we’re now calling ‘River Crossing‘. River Crossing’s new vision asks us to step back and consider the Rossdale development in the context of the wider area and the incredibly significant role the site has played… Read More
On December 21st, the sun set in Edmonton at 4:16pm. It was, by definition, our darkest (and shortest) day. Yet today as I commuted into work in the pitch black, it occurred to me that — just like the days after the solstice — we’ve started to brighten up about winter. Our ground-breaking Winter City… Read More
Last week we received a much-publicized letter from William Shatner asking the city to move Lucy, the Asian elephant at the Valley Zoo, to a sanctuary. His letter added to a sustained campaign, headlined by the estimable Bob Barker, to get Lucy moved out of Edmonton. We’ve also received hundreds of emails from around the… Read More