Edmonton’s Headlines, now with less Corey

Good morning, Edmonton.

If you’re a child (or a teen) of the 80s then today has just a tinge of sadness. Surely we knew that Corey Haim had his troubles, but it doesn’t make it any easier to know he’s gone. And all we’ve got now are our VHS copies of The Lost Boys and License to Drive.

Oh, and Corey Feldman.

Man, there are a lot of mixed messages coming from the Alberta Health Services team. Thank goodness it’s not an important department.

At least when Ron Liepert was in charge we knew he was angry all of the time and we were probably going to see private health care options. Now, now I have no idea from one day to the next what’s up.

It’s time for a regime change! Just in energy royalties. We are Alberta and we don’t want to rush a government change or anything.

from the Edmonton Journal:

‘She was our little angel’ (Police are still investigating the death of a toddler in foster care, as a homicide.)

Tailings pond breaks law: federal officer (Someone tell the Premier, since he doesn’t look at the news.)

Student humour needs context (Scott McKeen on The Gateway controversy and other City Hall notes.)

Parkdale a victim of open boundaries (Finally, someone comes out and says what I’ve been thinking about the ability to choose whatever school you want, regardless of your own city neighbourhood.)

New iPhone app allows residents to report problems (You want to complain to the City of Edmonton? There’s an app for that.)

from the Edmonton Sun:

Premier in the soup over ducks (Hey, the best part about the Premier not seeing the oily ducks is that it means he ignores all TV, newspaper and Internet news and opinion. So I could call him a dumb-dummy and he’d never see it. We should probably also do some sort of Premier Ed-Photoshop thing, as he’d also never see that…)

Edmonton eyes deal for artificial turf (Goodbye real grass, at Commonwealth.)

Residents asked to help clean up city (April 28 eh…I’m busy that day.)

Street sweepers at the ready (Yes!)

from The Canadian Press:

Minority report (Though, if “minorities” aren’t really a minority anymore, would you still call them that? Yeah, I just blew your mind.)

from CBC Edmonton:

Contract offer ‘intentionally provocative’: nurses’ union (Oh great, the team that can’t figure out which health care plan they’re using is negotiating contracts with one our most important unions…)

Heaven just got a little more Corey.