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Two hours on curbside parking, and council finally says what downtown is for

The pilot prices a parking spot at what the space is worth. The debate priced everything else.

Read the story News · Aug 9
The crosstown bus map gets its first redraw in a decade

Fewer routes, straighter lines, and a promise that the ones that remain will actually come.

News · Aug 9
Transit operating grants get a new formula, and the cities do the math

The new money follows ridership instead of population. For a city whose trains are full, that changes the ask.

Politics · Aug 9
Heat through Thursday, then smoke — who gets it first and what changes

Three more days near 27, an air quality statement waiting in the wings, and a cooldown that arrives with the weekend.

Weather · Aug 9
Minor hockey's ice bill rises eight per cent, and the leagues redraw the map

The rate covers the refrigeration bill. The scramble is over who skates at 6 a.m. and who gets the Saturday slots.

Sports · Aug 9
A quarter of the avenue's empty storefronts filled this year. The leases explain why

Shorter terms, shared spaces, and landlords who stopped waiting for a bank branch to come back.

Business & Markets · Aug 9
Edmonton Echo weather Full forecast →
24°C
Hazy sun, wind light out of the southeast. Smoke possible by evening.
High
27°
Low
13°
Air quality
4 — Moderate