Chinatown shows signs of improvement as City of Edmonton weighs 3 new initiatives
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The City of Edmonton is exploring three initiatives aimed at improving Chinatown: a community cleanup group, changing the 97 Street bridge and housing incentives for the Quarters.
Nearly 60 new businesses opened in Edmonton’s Chinatown area in the past year, according to advocates, but concerns about safety and cleanliness persist.
The City of Edmonton is exploring three new initiatives aimed at improving Chinatown, after a city council committee on Wednesday approved further study into a community cleanup group, possible changes to the 97 Street bridge and housing incentives for the Quarters area.
The measures were discussed during the annual update on the city’s Chinatown strategy, where councillors and community members acknowledged recent gains while stressing that more work is needed.
Community groups reported a surge in business activity over the past year, with a net gain of 59 new businesses in 2025.
It comes as the city has made $480,000 available in this year’s Chinatown Vibrancy Fund.
The grant aims to support community events and cultural experiences that bring visitors to the area north of the downtown core and help build the community.
A lunar new year event last week in partnership with the nearby Royal Alberta Museum attracted 3,000 people to the area.
“Our restaurants have told us after these events, we get a little busier and that’s what we want to see,” said Jackson Ho, executive treasurer of the Chinatown Business Improvement Area.
The promotion was launched about a month ago and the casino's CEO says thousands of Canadians have visited the hotels and taken advantage of the 'at par' pricing.
The two countries are working to build links between the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the European Union. Accomplishing that would create a new trading bloc of 1.5 billion people.
Granisle issued a "do not consume" order in December 2025, and residents have been relying on bottled water distributed with the help of volunteer firefighters since.
Gull-Masty stopped short of accepting the committee’s recommendation to put in place new eligibility and verification requirements for companies to be listed as Indigenous.
Residents in neighbourhoods near the University of Alberta are sounding the alarm over new infills being rented out by the bedroom — in some cases by the day and even the by hour.
Carney said in Australia that the growing Middle East conflict 'is another example of the failure of the international order' and that Canada's support 'is not a blank cheque.'
Winnipeg police said the case began when officers were called to a Dollarama discount store in the city's downtown on Saturday, where a 46-year-old was arrested.
Lawyers for Marc Ouellet called several witnesses Tuesday in his defamation suit against a woman who named him in a wider class-action lawsuit against the archdiocese of Quebec.
Quebec's main hotel association says there are fewer overall bookings this week compared with last year's March break, with most primary and secondary school students off.
A lawyer representing Frank Stronach is questioning the final complainant in the businessman's sexual assault case about the lawyers she consulted before speaking to police.
McGuinty did not offer specifics Tuesday when asked how many Canadian military personnel are in the region, saying only there are 'some.'
As of Monday, there were 97,000 Canadian citizens and permanent residents registered in the region, Global Affairs Canada said on Tuesday.
Saskatoon police are asking motorists to avoid a major roadway in the city's north end due to a fiery collision involving a semi-truck Tuesday morning.