Good day to you, Edmonton.
I trust you are well rested after the long weekend. Did you get up to anything exciting?
Have you been taking in the Olympics? Have you been able to avoid the Olympics? While I’m not overcome with the “fever” I certainly watched the opening ceremonies.
There's nothing else on TV!
If you watched it and you weren’t following on Twitter you missed out on a great conversation. Man, we love our 3-hour artistic extravaganzas here in Edmonton.
Speaking of the opening ceremonies, was there enough French for you?
Before we jump into the headlines from our usual suspects, there’s good stuff from all around today.
There’s still talk about our provincial budget, again pointing out that we are betting the house on energy revenues. How about trying to redesign (read: diversify) our economy.
Weibo Ludwig is still in the news. Fighting the fight.
Did you see the stuff about mortgages today? The new rules will make it tougher to get a mortgage. It makes sense after you see our debt is at all-time highs in Canada.
And an Edmonton-based soldier has made his final trip back to Canada.
Now, on with the Edmonton show…
New Canadians sworn in on Flag Day
Promoting Alberta in Vancouver a junket of Olympic proportions
‘College girls’ overcome foster care, choose ‘white’ way out
Square alive with energy (Which is great for a weekend!)
Students can’t wait to enter House of Pain
from the Calgary Herald: Alberta government takes oilpatch education blitz to schools. (Really…)
Man dies after downtown shooting (This will explain all that police action at Jasper Avenue and 105 Street yesterday.)
Chinese community celebrates lunar new year
100-pound robot crime-fighter (We have the technology…)
Alberta government appoints Merwan Saher as acting Auditor General
Canada’s Family Day father “absolutely thrilled” with the holiday’s spread (In a very Edmonton twist, the Gettys went driving.)
Memorial march for missing and murdered women
Rave reaction (Those kids and their raves!)
Alberta to cut surgery wait times (More to come on this story…)
Ukrainian museum urges feds to make funding decision
Board schedules public meetings to consider school closures
Whew! There’s a lot to catch up on after the long weekend. Now, make sure you read lots of news so your brain gets big and smart.
