Post-secondary leaders are calling for a new downtown Edmonton "education district" to support rapidly growing student ranks and spur development in the core. NorQuest College and MacEwan University, ...

Edmonton’s downtown needs vibrancy — real, everyday vibrancy — not just headline events and big-ticket programs.

Edmontonians will be able to stroll down a portion of Rice Howard Way this summer to enjoy some live entertainment, games and even a boozy beverage. The City of Edmonton has partnered with the ...

Edmonton Votes 2025. (CBC) Edmonton's downtown makes up a mere sliver of the city's physical footprint. But its blend of office towers, condos, retail spaces and community hubs hold an outsized place ...

The heart of Alberta’s capital could benefit from demolition amid overdevelopment, heard a crowd at the Edmonton Downtown Business Association’s (EDBA) panel on the future of the city’s core. After ...

Thousands of Alberta government employees returned to on-location work full-time this week, but some Edmontonians are split on what that means for Downtown.

Edmonton’s mayor says that the issues behind homelessness, opioid overdoses and mental health crises cannot be fixed by cities. By Ian Austen By the time this newsletter is published, the Edmonton ...

The Edmonton Police Service’s decision to increase Downtown patrols is sensible. After all, the core is where a disproportionate amount of crime and disorder are. When police Chief Dale McFee ...

It was 40 years ago this week that a relatively small city in northern Alberta saw the world’s largest shopping centre open its doors about 12 kilometres away from the downtown core. Ever since, not ...

Back in May when the city announced a big push, called Meet Me Downtown, to get Edmontonians to come back to the city core, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi explained the campaign would “promote downtown ...