Winter City Edmonton

If you're interested in ski-cross, you might want to check this out tonight!

The new Blizzard is here! Check it out for info on the Winter Cities Shake-Up 2017, Paths for People, World Winter Cities Association for Mayors, and the Winter Cycling Federation's new magazine!

Winnipeg is rewarded for "linking existing transportation plans, area plans, and challenges facing a ‘winter city’ with sustainable mobility policies". Their Pedestrian and Cycling Strategy was awarded the Sustainable Mobility Transportation and Infrastructure award through the Canadian Institute of Planners. Congratulations to City of Winnipeg – Municipal Government and Urban Systems Ltd.!

AGLC is reviewing its laws about drinking outside. While developing the WinterCity Strategy, we heard loud and clear that Edmontonians would love to enjoy hot toddies and mulled wine outside in winter. We hope AGLC takes this opportunity to let us catch up with how other winter cities celebrate the snowy season.

Just a reminder that deadline is today at 5 p.m.!

We'd like to give a shout-out to one of our great winter champions - Christy Morin is featured in Metro Edmonton today! Christy does an awesome job of creating a vibrant 118 Avenue year-round, from the summer Kaleido Family Arts Fest to the winter Deep Freeze Byzantine Festival. Way to go, Christy!

Here it is folks! If you missed the Apple Pay video projection on Edmonton's ATB Financial building last week, you can see it here. Light shows like this rely on darkness for maximum effect, and we've got lots of that in the winter. Would you like to see more video projection in Edmonton?

Remember to look up when you're out this weekend. Aurora are still visible - check out this great footage from last week!

Would you cycle more in winter if you had one of these?

Do you use 109th Street south of the river? Have your say about redevelopment of the corridor for all modes of transportation, in all seasons.

Now that it's officially green outside, we're seeing tons of people biking on our trails and our streets. But what about biking when it's white? Three winter biking enthusiasts share their thoughts on why Edmonton should be a year-round biking city.

What an April it's been! High temperatures and early greening has made it a spring for the record books. Or has it? We love this blog that goes into incredible nerdy detail about Edmonton weather, and we learned some fascinating trivia about our climate. For example, it's an unusual April if we DON'T hit 20 degrees, at least once. And how many days were below -20 this past winter? Only 6! Is that unusual? Read on to find out...

A great winter city isn't created from the top down. It takes a shift in culture and thinking from architects, designers, city planners, artists, and of course, the public, to really inhabit our cold-weather months, rather than just put up with them. The fabulous folks at MADE are helping to spur on that change by this cool winter design exhibition for architects and designers that will take place next year. But now is the time to start thinking about design ideas - know any creative folks who should enter?

Edmontonian Brian Small started doing some research about our winters this year, when he was bombarded by "How to Dress For Winter" articles that didn't seem to take "actual" (ie. Edmonton) winter into consideration. So he came up with this fascinating chart that compares our seasonal low temperatures with other locations around the world. Check out how we rank when it comes to winter weather around the globe - and guess who was colder, Edmonton, Harbin, or Moscow!

We may see a return of the white stuff tonight. But it'll be green again before you know it - in fact, it'll give our plants some much needed moisture!

What a fabulous video about the Winterus Maximus Fatbike chariot races! You can just see the passion on all the participants’ faces. Like they say, let’s make next year bigger and better - take this as your inspiration and start working on your chariot plans for 2017. Not a bad project to meditate on over the summer, so you're ready for next year!

The earth, when viewed from space, helps put many things into perspective. It is our home, it provides everything we need, and it's up to each of us to take care of it. On this Earth Day, what small - or large - commitment are you going to make to keep our home clean and beautiful?

Friends, we need some brainstorming help! We'd like to take part in Make Something Edmonton's ‪#‎100in1Day‬ event on June 4, which is part of a world-wide movement designed to inspire makers and city-builders to participate in projects that make cities better. If it was happening in the winter, we'd have a million and one ideas. But because the event is in June, we're a little bit stumped! What kind of project could we do, or event could we host, that showcases our winter values on June 4?!

Even better, what are YOU going to for #100in1Day?!

Today was a record-setting day: 25.5 degrees! A huge difference from a couple of years ago...

Creative lighting isn’t just for Christmas, folks! It brightens up life in the city all year round! We’ve got a perfect canvas, so why not use it to its greatest potential, right? Fun fact: we’re working on a creative lighting master plan as we speak. What’s your favourite lighting feature in Edmonton?