One Year Headlines (But not one year OF headlines)

Let the week (or four days) of patting ourselves on the back begin, because we’re 1!

Knowing us we’ll probably do some navel-gazing too. We just can’t self-congratualte without our high-school era low-self esteem kicking in.

Don’t you like us?! Look at us! We’re pretty!

*ahem*

Yes, the edmontonian turns 1 today. And while I won’t bore you now by patting myself on the back, I’ll do it later. Trust me. :)

No, right now we’ll do what we always do, we’ll talk about what’s going on in Edmonton. Like Councillor Jane Batty’s vendetta against emergency vehicle sirens (so loud!), former Sun columnist Kerry Diotte entering what’s becoming a crowded Ward 11 council race, a couple of stories dealing with Edmonton Police disciplinary hearings and examinations of what happens when things go bad, plus that darn Indy.

Cake and punch will be served in the atrium later.*

from the Edmonton Journal:

Alberta wrong on pension issue (Malcolm Mayes has a great cartoon on this.)

U.S. laws could backfire: minister (So, what you’re telling me, Environment Minister Rob Renner, is that oil companies that desperately want to go green can’t do it when customers demand a greener product. Right…)

Gravel pit neighbours irate at shrinking buffer zone

20 new spider species found (This is great for science but bad for nightmares.)

Proposed budget short on teachers (You might not think anything of that headline. Until I tell you the budget is for the school board. Which usually requires, you know, teachers.)

Flagpoles will make Epcor Tower tallest

Epcor crusader carried the torch for city taxpayers

Burying provincial treasures puts our history out of reach (All the good stuff will be in an old slaughterhouse. I’m not kidding.)

Edmontonian captures ‘Miss Elegance’ title (Damn, flippin’ right we’re elegant.)

And from the Calgary Herald: Alberta’s regulatory changes to save oil and gas sector $170M

from the Edmonton Sun:

Hate crime down in Edmonton: Report

from The Canadian Press:

Government members vote down rival’s bid for extra caucus funding (No more money for the Wildrose Alliance. Who didn’t see that coming?)

Ex-Redwater MLA killed in car crash

from 630CHED/iNews880:

Batty hopes for more discretion in overnight fire truck siren use (Except when the fire trucks or ambulance are on the way to her house, I bet. Then she’d probably want everyone to hear the emergency vehicles and get out of the way. Oh brother…)

Edmonton Startup weekend – No talk, all action (It’s June 25-27.)

from CBC Edmonton:

Low-income Edmontonians struggle to access healthy food

Assault victim alleges double standard of justice (Some interesting facts dug up by CBC regarding the case of Constable Mike Wasylyshen, a son of a former police chief.)

Police van was hot, crowded, disciplinary hearing told (As Andrew Hanon writes, it’s been a long, long time since this incident and memory fades.)

So, not a good PR day for the Edmonton Police Service.

Former Sun Columnist running in city election (And Metro says another new candidate entered the Ward 11 race.)

from CTV Edmonton:

Abandoned gas station sites across Edmonton under review (The city considers incentives for people to buy the empty and/or contaminated land.)

Future of Edmonton Indy still unclear (Would it be ironic if the race continued, but had to move from the City Centre Airport to Leduc? Probably just delicious coincidence.)

from Global Edmonton:

High water warning (I thought the North Saskatchewan was looking a little high and fast.)

*There’s no cake. No punch. And no atrium. But we will talk about the last year, online news, and that darn cat, later.

Hey, right now, I’ll take any comments or ideas for the daily headlines. What’s good, what’s bad, what’s boring, what do you want more of?