I bet I'm going to go on and on about this until I know you're coming.
Good morning Edmonton. Did you have a good weekend?
Heading into the weekend there was still lots of talk on our new royalty rates. Does it mean spending in the oilpatch will rise? Is this giving in to the energy companies, did we surrender? Does the energy minister care about cleaning up the oilpatch, or just making sure you know “the truth?” Maybe most importantly, will any of this stop the constant loss of jobs here in Alberta?
Looks like the City of Champions has a couple more championships to throw in the old trophy case. Do we have one of those?
And in the realm of good news; we really took to winter this year and embraced our ongoing festival.
118 Avenue communities inspire as they reclaim their street (I believe in 118.)
Edmonton’s combined schools like a family
Lack of funding hurts Alberta’ film industry (A lack of funding is hurting Alberta’s blog industry, give me some money.)
Ordinary man made a difference
Alberta’s forests lose their best friend
Course plotted through legal jungle (Helping those without lawyers.)
Cabbies float flat airport rate
The most forgettable $22 million in history (Before you read this, try to say the Alberta slogan. I couldn’t remember it either.)
Dry winter sparks drought worries
More than chump change (Parking meter thieves!)
Going to bat for bats (Won’t someone think of the bats?!)
EPSB continues public meetings over school closures (Tonight is Capilano’s turn to try and save their school.)
Alberta carbon storage safe: study (Pump out that CO2!)
Province to cut water quality monitoring due to budget deficit (Well, at least they’re not cutting anything important. Quite frankly, I’m surprised we still even have an environment ministry.)
I think I lost my camera, let me know if you find it.
Thank you for not including any stories about death! I tuned in briefly to Breakfast Television this morning to catch a bit of local news, only to find four straight minutes of stories about death, followed up with (without missing a beat): “Get TALENTED tonight at Rexall” and “Where can I find shoes with sparklers on the back?!?”
Ugh. I will be depressed for days, now.
Funny enough, I meant to include at least one death story but just forgot.
The thing about all the death and crime stories though, I could leave them out and people would still see and hear them. That’s easy to cover in news (especially broadcast news). I guess you just proved (again) it’s their bread and butter.
Now…GET TALENTED!