March 5 Edmonton Headlines

Welcome to March 5, Edmonton.

While that really means very little (unless it’s your birthday, then Happy Birthday!) it does mean it’s Friday. Boo-to-the-motherflippin’-Ya.

Before I forget to mention it, Parliament returned to “work” this week and they brought down the federal budget yesterday. Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton likes it, so that will make up a lot of minds without even following this link to read more about it.

I caught this story via my Google Alerts, it seems those dastardly environmentalists are now paralleling the oilsands to the storyline in Avatar. Thankfully, nobody has seen Avatar and won’t know about the tale of resource plundering and destruction…wait…I’m being told at least a few people south of the border might be aware of the Avatar storyline…

And, holy crap, the city has more money than it thought! Don’t let Daryl Katz know.

from the Edmonton Journal:

Edmonton’s Eastwood parents get questions answered at round table discussion (A new format for school closure meetings, but will it mean anything different in terms of keeping schools open? Man, we talked about this a lot yesterday, and more today.)

Alcohol-fuelled sex assaults on the rise in Edmonton (Also of note here is that police say they’ll stop with the “lock your doors” mentality when there are assaults, as that tends to put the blame on victims and potential victims. This is something we’ve talked about with the Garneau Sisterhood.)

Snowfall stalled efforts to scare off birds, trial told (The Syncrude trial.)

Bland, barren Churchill Square needs a funky facelift

Alberta being hit hard by H1N1 flu again not likely, expert says (But I have all this hand sanitizer yet to be used.)

Edmonton concert to raise funds for struggling Haiti

Edmonton Transit bus crash sends driver to hospital

from the Edmonton Sun:

Big boost in LRT riders (Don’t I know it, being jammed in there every morning.)

City holding data workshop (The more government data and information available the better.)

Well-known Old Strath shop to close (Bugs ‘n berries is done.)

Edmonton’s Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe sold for $47.8M

Local pizza among world’s best

from 630CHED/iNews880:

Full-body scanners come to EIA

2010 Stollery Radiothon (They raised $1.3-million over at Corus Radio.)

Foster mom granted a new trial

from CBC Edmonton:

Size of meth seizure worries police

from Global Edmonton:

Katz group plans to rezone arena land

Grant MacEwan University to close pool (Controversy!)

from The Gateway (U of A):

Dehod newly elected SU President (Now, to not resign under unknown circumstances, like the last guy…)

PAW, U-Pass; Yes Millennium Villages No

U of A professor receives eugenics research grant

Farm workers call for better protection

Dive right in. Well, unless you’re at MacEwan.