Good Monday morn to you, dearest Edmonton.
You just got knitted!
There’s not even space for me to impress you with my usual wit, humour and observation because the news is chock full of, well, news. I shan’t delay.
Fresh off choreographing the opening ceremonies in Vancouver, Alberta Ballet‘s Jean Grand-Matire is back in Calgary, getting the newest celebrity collaboration ready. As the L.A. Times reports here, he’s been working on a show about Elton John’s life, ever since the pop star heard about the Ballet’s work with Joni Mitchell. (Joni Mitchell’s The Fiddle and the Drum is now on tour.)
Speaking of our ballet, Metro’s got a story called “Young hopefuls audition to attend Alberta Ballet school.”
I mentioned last week that a new political party had formed in Alberta. It’s got an old name though. The Calgary Herald’s got a brief story on it here, while Dave Cournoyer has some thoughts here.
According to this story in the Calgary Herald the Alberta Train over in B.C. is an Olympic winner.
Down in Calgary, kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout has spoken, for the first time, about her ordeal in Somalia, at a Somali-Canadian dinner. (I found the audio pretty quiet, so you may also have to crank up the volume.)
And Alberta’s Podloski claims CIS women’s hockey points crown. I love the fact she takes top spot on the CIS scoring list from another U of A Panda.
Future meals on council’s mind (Where will we get our food in the future?)
Alberta stores post biggest gains in two years
Northland issues extend beyond school
A true servant of the public (How would governments actually look if they took ALL of the advice of their auditors?)
Eloquent spending (Talkin’ bout the health care budget.)
Public works an economic building block: Stelmach
Climate-change deniers are channelling the tobacco industry
No Monopoly on good fun (Wait, you say, monopoly shouldn’t have a capital M. Unless…)
Lower speed limits worth a try (Six city neighbourhoods will be 40 km/h.)
Civic contribution limits overdue (Graham Hicks pulls out a few numbers from last election’s contributions. It appears that Don Iveson and Tony Caterina are least in the pocket of developers and unions. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation put the 2007 contributions online.)
Olympic shelves nearly bare (We love our Olympic gear.)
Prime Minister’s office condemns Tory MP who calls Louis Riel a ‘villain’ (If you want to see Edmonton MP Peter Goldring’s pamphlet, head to Daveberta.)
Hundreds of orchids charm viewers at fair
NAIT facing program cuts, layoffs
Payday-loan rule takes effect March 1
Myron Thompson bolts to Wildrose (He’s not in office, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t wield power!)
Show home catches fire in south Edmonton (Firefighters are waiting for a new south station.)
Wiebo Ludwig protests (If nothing else, he has way more energy than most people.)
Wow, I don’t think I’ve had such a busy Monday in some time. There’s plenty of good stuff to start your week. Look how much smarter you’ll be by Tuesday.
