February 25 Headlines ya’ll

Woo…look at me…I’m a cool kid using a Mac.

Anyone else see these circular clouds last night. I blame UFOs.

Oh, I guess you can’t actually see me. Umm, I’m on a Mac this morning.

The biggest thing is the different keyboard. Don’t you hate how a different keyboard, or even a different set up from your usual typing position, totally throws everything off? So, when you try and write stuff you end up throwing in extra letters or leaving out others. Damn you, different keyboards!

I think if I had to use one of those gel, roll-out, keypads I’d never be able to write.

Shoot. Now all this talk of not being able to write properly via this keyboard has psyched me out. Now I’m typing even worse. I need to get out of my own head.

…Think about Team Canada…think about Team Canada…ahhh….sweet, sweet Team Canada…

Here are a couple of stories from the energy world, including how Syncrude is scrapping plans to upgrade that black gold here in Alberta, and how we are supposedly “hurting our golden goose.” As many, smart, people pointed out on Twitter and in the Edmonton Journal comments yesterday, the guy leading this study has more than a few connections to the good old oil industry.

Ooh, looks like Bell, Telus and Rogers can suck it.

I didn’t mean that, Telus. I love you, I love my BlackBerry. Don’t take this out on me.

And if you read just one story today (But of course you read all of these stories, every day, right?) read the one from SEE about Tory MLA Carl Benito’s “foundation.” More like The Human Fund.

from the Edmonton Journal:

City sues Gem Theatre owner (The plot thickens.)

Edmonton hospital part of pilot to reduce hospital wait times

Gov’t unimpressed with cities’ green proposals (What if they just say they’ll bury all the bad stuff underground, then can they have some money?)

Let’s act on driver distractions

City shortchanged on ridings report (Check it out from CTV, below.)

NAIT students fear fee hike (Heck, I fear fee hikes.)

Wildrose MLA pushes for spending bill

Principal’s sexual conduct betrayed sacred bond of trust

Koreans on roll to snap up more Alberta oil assets

from the Edmonton Sun:

Plea posted on Kijiji to find killer

Mill Woods Rapist stays behind bars

from the Edmonton Examiner:

Not your ordinary ball (Alright, let’s be mature and keep the “ball” jokes to a minimum in the comments.)

Clareview multiplex to house library, rec centre

from Metro Edmonton:

Officer ‘had no other option’ in shooting: Response Team

Ben Harper to headline Folk Fest fundraiser

from 630CHED/iNews880:

Councillor disappointed with Katz web message (Hey, vague generalities are what build cities, Henderson.)

from CBC Edmonton:

Massage parlour proposal dropped (Chalk up a win for the TonCat.)

Guilty plea in firebombing of Millwoods house

from CTV Edmonton:

Commission recommends four new provincial constituencies (Or you could move the boundary lines around a little and make a vote in Edmonton or Calgary count as much as one out in rural Alberta. Just sayin’.)

New study looks at cost of burying high-voltage transmission lines

Katz launches website promoting downtown arena project (I’m Daryl Katz and I love Edmonton. Now give me some candy. By candy I mean money.)

from Vue Weekly:

Municipal Development Plan: The Way We Grow Food

Government spin in the classroom (Students need to learn the facts. The facts of oil. And how amazingly awesome it is. Just ask that guy from the U of C.)

Stelmach the activist

from SEE Magazine:

Whatever happened to the Benito foundation? (Maurice Tougas nails him! I bet Scott’s Tots know how the people of Edmonton-Mill Woods feel.)

Pity the cities

The most delicate topic (Sex. It’s sex. Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex. There, now it doesn’t even seem like a creepy and gross word.)

from The Gateway (U of A):

It’s election time over at the University of Alberta. If you’re a student, here are your crib notes:

U of A deficit likely to increase due to provincial budget cuts

VPX candidates address provincial, national PSE issues

Board of Governors candidates seek to improve student access

Don’t pollute the system with votes

Samsonow out.