Good day, sweet, beautiful Edmonton.
How much do you think a sausage that big costs?
No, I’m not buttering you up just to break your heart with bad news.
Yet.
It’s Thursday and that means lots and lots of extra stuff to read. We’ve got new issues of SEE Magazine and Vue Weekly, there’s the Edmonton Examiner’s weekly take on the city, and it all adds up to plenty more stuff for us to learn about.
And it might be the cheapest way to learn around here after the U of A jacks up some tuitions by 66%. Hey, they’ve got beat NAIT’s 40% proposed hike. They’re the U of A after all.
Buyer touted for Edmonton’s Kelly-Ramsey block (It is literally a fire sale.)
U of A proposes tuition hikes (And how!)
Heating bill break for Alberta renters
Light a candle, cast a shadow (What the not-as-bad-as-we-thought deficit could mean for the Stelmach-Tories.)
I didn’t destroy file: cop (This is the case of the police officer accused of meddling in his son’s impaired driving charges.)
Shopping at chains hurts the independents (It’s Shop Local month you savages.)
Alberta’s incredible shrinking deficit
Alberta prof lands prestigious post
Flu absences declining at schools
Catholic board calls for full-day kindergarten (Because nothing goes over, in provincial budget deficits, as well as requests for money.)
Seattle urban planning expert to join west-end strategy talks
‘Best’ cabbie praised as unsung hero (It’s the Edmonton cab driver awards!)
Bakery reopens after pest infestation
AG to launch H1N1 investigation (The AG being the Auditor General.)
Website prepares abused kids for court
Kids and parents next in line for H1N1 (Everyone should be able to get their shots soon.)
Bikes, buses and blistering debate
The way we sprawl (Councillor Don Iveson has really coined a catchphrase about Edmonton planning.)
‘He’s a child soldier, for God’s sake’
Active transportation funding strategy
We eat together (A local food/cook book about farmers and the food available in and around Edmonton.)
