Edmonton’s July 26 Headlines

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Welcome back to the land of the working.

I trust you had a heck of a weekend, Edmonton. There was plenty to choose from.

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We interrupt this selection of Edmonton news for a rant of sorts.

Stepping in for Graham Hicks at the Edmonton Sun, Marty Forbes asks:

Where are the future leaders?

Forbes doesn’t know who the city’s next leaders are. Really? I know he’s just trying to solicit engagement from the newspaper’s audience, but the way this is framed makes it seem like he actually doesn’t know any of the city’s young, or up-and-coming, politicians, fundraisers, connectors, and business leaders.

How about Councillor Don Iveson? I suspect a few younger folks might land in City Hall or on the Edmonton Public School Board, watch those races. Mack Male was the face of a City Centre Airport pro-closure movement, galvanized by Internet communication. Cary Williams and many of the Next Gen committee-ers brought us Pecha Kucha and try to connect with, and retain, people under 40.

Forbes mentions Graham Hicks and Gord Whitehead, so how about Chris Scheetz at CISN, or media couple Ryan Jespersen and Kari Skelton? MLA Rachel Notley. Biz guy Chris LaBossiere. Those behind TedxEdmonton, Empire Avenue, and Seek Your Own Proof.

Geez, Edmonton Sun, you sound like you haven’t heard of any of these people or people behind these groups.

Update: Mack quickly fired off a list of 75 (75!) of Edmonton’s future leaders. He, rightly, points out that a lot of them just might not be found hanging around the old boys clubs.

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And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

from the Edmonton Journal:

Sale of crack pipes on Alberta Avenue definitely legal. Too bad! (The efforts to turn around 118 Avenue continue. Then I’m reminded a convenience store by my house sells axes too…)

Discover the other side of the tracks (That’s my side of Whyte!)

Premier issues red-ink warning for Alberta next year

Release Alberta child welfare report: critics

Art keeps prisoners on a healing path

Thousands greet giant Jade Buddha

From the Calgary Herald: Alberta eHealth tab will top $1.4B

from the Edmonton Sun:

Ex-NHL owner disputes arena economics (Come on, Sun, it’s Monday. Can’t you let Daryl Katz start the week on a good note, run this story Tuesday?)

Tax watchdog sounds off on rink (And from the Journal, Katz taking cues from old Pocklington script.)

Councillors eye arena loose ends (We probably won’t have any firm details from city administration until fall, probably after the election.)

Hectic summer for councillors

Chief begins winning over critics

Another health PR blitz, any minute now

Toddler survives three storey fall (This is one everyone’s got.)

from CBC Edmonton:

Hold power plant to its emissions vow: groups (After getting approval with one set of environmental plans, the plant’s looking to save money.)

Free life-jacket use offered at 2 Alberta parks

Canada’s Findlay wins London triathlon (That’s Edmonton’s Findlay.)

from CTV Edmonton:

Dixon wins Edmonton Indy after Castroneves was penalized (Is it weird to anyone else that you can’t pass an opponent in a race? It’s a race.)

Octane Racing confident it will steer Indy into the green (Well, they’ve got some of your municipal tax money to help with that.)

from Global Edmonton:

‘Vigil of hope’ for St. Albert couple missing for three weeks