16 h. ago City reveals new plan for downtown Edmonton as part of revitalization efforts

The Downtown Action Plan outlines eight actions that the city believes will boost growth and experience in the downtown core, but it comes with a price tag of about $553 million.

Culture

17 h. ago Edmonton urban planning committee recommends Downtown Action Plan

"Reviving Downtown is not just a civic priority, it's an economic necessity."

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28 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Downtown revitalization plan #315 an exercise in futility

How could another half-billion succeed where the first $2 billion failed?

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5 d. ago Coyote action plan approved by city amid spike in downtown attacks

Councillor says plan allows city to respond to aggressive coyotes 'without delay -- in a targeted and responsive way'

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7 d. ago Utah Hockey Club reveals permanent name of the NHL team in Salt Lake City

The NHL team in Salt Lake City is now known as the Utah Mammoth. Owners Ryan and Ashley Smith unveiled the franchise’s permanent name Thursday morning after more than a year of fan input and voting. “From Day 1, we committed that this team would be built with and for the people of Utah, and […]

Sport

7 d. ago Toronto needs $18 billion over next 10 years just to keep city running

Toronto needs $18 billion to address its state-of-good-repair infrastructure gap over the next 10 years, which is primarily being driven by transit and City facilities, according to a new report. Toronto's 2025 Corporate Asset Management Plan (AMP), which was released on Monday, outlines how recent actions to invest in infrastructure renewal are expected to reduce the city's extensive infrastructure backlog and improve service reliability for residents using transit, roads, bridges, water assets, shelters, libraries, community centres and emergency facilities. The plan, which is headed to the city's Executive Committee next week, reveals that Toronto has managed to reduce the gap from the $26 billion identified in last year's report to $18 billion, representing an $8 billion reduction. According to the city, the $18 billion infrastructure gap is being driven by transit ($11 billion), Toronto Community Housing ($4 billion), the ...

Economics

2 w. ago Toronto's first cherry blossoms of 2025 now blooming and here's where to see them

Spring has sprung in Toronto, and it's brought with it one of the city's most stunning natural sights: the annual cherry blossom bloom.While we're likely still a week or so out from the city's most iconic Sakura trees at High Park hitting their peak bloom, there are plenty of other spots in the city that the breathtaking pink trees also call home, and some have already started to bloom.If you just can't wait to feast your eyes (and Instagram feed) on the springy sight, you now have the opportunity at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library.A delicate, sweet adornment to an otherwise imposing building at Harbord and St. George, the trees are annually among the first in the city to reveal their flowers.Local photographer and sakura enthusiast Henry Huy has been keeping an eye out for the flowers so you don't have to, capturing stunning images of the very first flowers to reveal themselves for the 2025 season.We're still in the ea...

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3 w. ago N.Y. police to ID woman and child whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach

MINEOLA, N.Y. — Police in the suburbs of New York City are expected to reveal the identity of a woman and child whose remains were among other bodies discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from Long Island’s Gilgo Beach. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the announcement told The Associated Press the […]

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