February 9 Edmonton Headlines

So, before we get all budgeted-out (and we will, just you wait) I

figured it would be a good time to tell a story that really goes nowhere.

There’s this Toyota dealership by my house, and I often walk through its parking lot. Sometimes I feel bad about this and think I should go around and use the sidewalk. Only sometimes.

Most of the time I don’t feel bad since they have a giant parking lot that is so close to my house and easily cuts 38 seconds off my walk to somewhere else. There’s also the constant stream of dealership garbage, and tires, that rolls into our parking lot. So, I don’t really feel bad about cutting across their property.

To be fair, I’m sure drunk Whyte Avenue patrons roll a lot of the tires our way.

Plus, if the Toyota guys ever got up in my grill about my pedestrian ways, I’d probably just tell them I tried to stop and go in a different direction but I couldn’t stop.

You’re wondering why you even come here, right now, aren’t you?

About the Alberta Budget:

Spending cuts expected to be spread around

Alberta budget will ask all to ‘give up a little’ (No! Just cut all the arts funding or something.)

Morton’s first budget will be a tough one

Alberta Budget Day: Public agencies brace for cuts

Morton in no-win situation with budget (The budget isn’t actually his budget since he just became the finance minister.)

This is too delicious not to share with you. Mack tried the most obvious name and password combination and got in…to the Alberta Budget website. “Your Alberta Government, using “password” as a password since Geocities.”

from the Edmonton Journal:

Rowdy opening to spring session

WCB hostage case in disarray (Marked by a weird court appearance.)

Limits on taxis’ lifespan would curb emissions

Winds of change in green power

Fort update risks losing authenticity, prof says (If there’s anything authentic about Edmonton frontier days it’s a log flume.

Young Alberta athletes get early taste of Olympic glory

from the Edmonton Sun:

New sky shuttle service takes off

Rush demands break on Rexall revenues (Sounds like hockey is getting more than lacrosse.)

‘Unfair ruling’ on asking questions

from 630CHED/iNews880:

More trouble “on the buses” (Now I’m questioning whether all the news coverage is giving this kind of crime a “tipping point” effect.)

UofA researcher identifies concerns with CT scans

from CBC Edmonton:

Airport cab fare solution going to vote

Nuclear prospects worry farmers (Not quite Edmonton, but also important.)

from Global Edmonton:

YESS warning (Don’t get fooled by this scam.)

from CityTV Edmonton:

Downtown Proud (Cleaning up the streets.)

Are you already tired of budget stories?