Edmonton’s November 6 Headlines

Next week, this will have become a beautiful addition to a mall.

Mmm, smells like fresh-baked Friday out there. Yes, we made it through one more week, Edmonton.

Soon it will be time to cut loose and stay at home in fear of H1N1. Don’t forget to wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, and run screaming from anyone who coughs. I may have made one of those up.

Of course there are more H1N1 stories today, this story’s got legs and we’re in the midst of the “second wave” of the flu.

Vaccine clinics are still for little kids and pregnant ladies (when I say it like that it sounds disparaging), so you and I will continue to sit this out until those deemed the highest-risk have their immunizations.

Thankfully, there’s plenty of good and interesting news to help us pass the flu shot-free time.

from the Edmonton Journal:

Alberta’s job losses lead nation in Oct.: Statcan

Health care Albertans’ top concern, survey shows (Is there ever any doubt?)

Wildrose Alliance’s gains dismissed (And they will be, until an election proves them true.)

Funeral for Edmonton-based soldier scheduled for Saturday

Kingsway Light (First Southgate revamps, now Kingsway does the same.)

South LRT work to disrupt Edmonton traffic

from the Edmonton Sun:

Free pizza goes in a flash (Edmontonians love civic debate, and pizza.)

MADD ‘frustrated’ drunk driving still occurs

from The Canadian Press:

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach faces critical Tory party vote on his leadership (Will they support him? Will they turf him?)

from Metro Edmonton:

Caregiver pay in spotlight

from 630CHED/iNews880:

Survey says: “We don’t like our roads…”

H1N1 hits elective surgery

Farmfair International gets underway

from CBC Edmonton:

Alberta private plane tab $383K (Hey, normal planes are for suckers.)

from CTV Edmonton:

Youngsters get first dibs on H1N1 flu shot

Four more H1N1 deaths in Alberta (Keep washing your hands!)

Serious health violations found at two acupuncture clinics

I think we had so much fun together we’ll do this again next week.