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South LRT in the Corner of the Eye

by Graeme McElheran 03.15.2010
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Nobody expects to see this train.
Sure, there’s been construction in the middle of 111th Street in south Edmonton for years, wreaking all kinds of traffic havoc for motorists and pedestrians alike. With a project of this magnitude, with perpetual traffic detours and delays, everybody knew something big was coming. But now that it’s here, the [...]

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Open City Workshop Webcast

by Raffaella Loro 03.06.2010
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The cameras are in place, participants will soon be starting to arrive at the Art Gallery of Alberta (and online) for the Open City Workshop.

Join the LIVE  (bilingual)WEBCAST here. We will be broadcasting all day, so check out the video feed or if you’re participating remotely you can also join our chat room to get [...]

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Inside the Open City Workshop

by Devin Serink 03.04.2010
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It’s been quite a journey for me these past few months. I’ve had the pleasure of working with some amazing and dedicated colleagues organizing the November 21 Open Data Workshop and building the Open Data Catalogue.  Shortly after that workshop and release of the data catalogue, fellow blogger Ashley and I had the good fortune [...]

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Peak Oil and Planning Edmonton’s Future

by Colin Beddoes 02.25.2010

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture at City Hall by Richard Heinberg, an award-winning author and educator. Heinberg, who hails from the Post Carbon Institute in Santa Rosa California, is a futurist and leading international commentator on Peak Oil. He is the first speaker in the City of Edmonton’s Distinguisher Speaker [...]

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The Sound of Chitchat

by Xanthe Couture 02.24.2010
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Pecha Kucha pronounced pe-cha-ku-cha (with the same emphasis on every syllable) has been an ongoing (and somewhat un-pronounceable) event for almost two years. Edmonton’s NextGen Commitee hosted the first Pecha Kucha in Western Canada back in May of 2008 (Vancouver and Calgary followed soon afterwards with their own events).
Pecha Kucha, (for all those wondering out [...]

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