A sure sign of spring in Edmonton: the blanket seller on 118 Avenue has returned.
HEY EDMONTON!
Oops, Caps Lock was on.
How’s it going today? Everything alright, you feeling ok? I’ve got a bit of a cold, but I can deal with that since we’ve got such nice weather right now. If we could only get Josh Classen to stop threatening snow…
Alright, I’m confused. Wasn’t I just talking about Alberta leading the way in job losses yesterday? We’re good, we’re bad, things are on the up-and-up, or not. Whatever.
Oh, and it’s not a good day (Is it ever?) for those hard-done-by oilsands giants. Can’t you people just let them reap their billions in profits in peace?!
Council targets polluted properties (I am totally behind a real push to clean up contaminated sites. Like, say, old gas stations.)
Edmonton cracks down on parking violators (Looks like you’re going to actually start plugging that meter.)
A made-in-Alberta child-tax benefit would reduce cost of poverty (Poverty, like freedom, isn’t free.)
Bird deterrent program comes under scrutiny at Syncrude trial
Art Gallery of Alberta a big draw (Have you been?)
Stelmach looks to reverse plunge (He could also go the other way and just try to be the least popular of all premiers.)
Stelmach survives Ides of March
MLA ‘pies’ 83 politicians to make a point (Should restrictions on home cooking be reduced?)
And via Canada.com: Esks name Scott play-by-play man to replace Hall (Yes, Morley Scott is returning to Edmonton.)
‘Turbulence’ ahead for WestJet after CEO resigns
Province pays $200K to school nine kids (Maybe put that money back into water monitoring or something. Gosh.)
Workplace safety laws under review
And a related story: Police chief commends officers whose husband was killed by dealership gunman
Culinary students learn from chef a cut above (I’m not going to lie, I love David Adjey. He’s a culinary visionary and super-awesome TV chef.)
Capilano parents not happy after EPSB meeting (Well, they are looking at closing their school.)
Midwife shortage spurs safety fears (The best part of stories about midwives, when I was in radio, was saying “midwifery.”
Edmonton student dies on ski trip
Gov’t to give $12M to build housing units for Alberta’s homeless (I told you poverty wasn’t cheap.)
St. Albert council chambers packed for debate (I hope they really are just debating the density.)
U of A to implement watch program for mental health (This could be a great idea, if put into practice effectively.)
GFC, Students’ Council elections start Tuesday
p.s. It’s Sally‘s freakin’ birthday! Wish her a happy one if you see her. I’m off to build her a cake.
Happy Birthday Sally!
Happy birthday Sal!
You are pure blogging/music making/website designing dynamite!
Speaking as one of the monsters who has recently invested money in the oil and gas industry, I feel it would be hypocritical for me to criticize their efforts to make obscene amounts of money on the backs of the taxpayers, then pick up and leave once they have drained the province dry, leaving nothing behind but ecological turmoil.
You’re a monster alright. You forgot to mention Sally’s birthday.
Happy Birthday Sally!
p.s. “David Adjey” is an anagram for Deja Add Ivy. And I have it on good authority that Deja Add Ivy is also super-awesome.
Wrong-O, Jeff! Looks like somebody hasn’t been on Twitter or Facebook at all today… ;)
I just meant right here.
Now I’m going to openly attack your hatred of all things good and pure in this world through your funding of the evil oil companies. Boo!
awww, thanks gang!
I realize that investing with the Oil and Gas magnates is somewhat indefensible, but I was able to rationalize it with the reasoning that they’re going to pillage the province’s tar sands and oil reserves regardless of whether or not they have an extra couple of thousand dollars from my bank account. I might as well make a bit of hay on it while I can; think of it as me as an individual trying to balance out the money that the provincial government is allowing the oil companies to bleed from the public (via lowball royalty rates which = less money in provincial coffers which = higher taxes/reduced funding for essential services)