July 28 Headlines
This is just to prove to Derjis that I took more than yoga butt pictures.
Good day, Edmonton.
If you read nothing else today (but I know you read everything I link to) you should check out the 140 questions city council is asking about the downtown arena proposal from Daryl Katz and Co.
There are good questions, tough ones, pointed queries, softballs, bad questions, informed, mis-informed, and others. But it’s fantastic to get a peek into the process.
It’s also nice to see a few of the councillors asking Katz and Co. to prove the Oilers are losing money.
from the Edmonton Journal:
Can Edmonton afford the NHL Oilers? Peter Adler’s take (A good question. Maybe not one Oilers fans want to ask, but a good question.)
Airport lobby group booted from festivals (I wondered why Capital Ex let Envision Edmonton into the shopping booths. I guess they were allowed to handout information, but not chase people around for petition signatures.)
And a follow up to those two stories from Scott McKeen: Airport, arena issues tap into raw emotions (Read this one through to the last line.)
Walking maps connect residents, communities (Walking maps of Edmonton neighbourhoods are a great idea.)
Liberals call for investigation into lobbyist firm
An escape from the ‘drama’ of women’s prison (More art behind bars with Elizabeth Withey. You’ve been reading this series this week, right? If you don’t, the culture section just fills with more Brangelina and Beiber.)
Wagner bog a naturalist’s paradise
A quick side note about the Journal. It’s been like a bonanza of pop-up and rollover ads the last week or so. Ugh.
from the Edmonton Sun:
Wife’s plea cracked case (Andrew Hanon on the Teskey case, a case that’s been Edmonton news for a decade.)
Stelmach says survey are valuable (I love how the federal government is changing the Census because 40 or 50 people don’t like filling it out every few years. If I get 40 people to write a letter about how we hate paying taxes, will they make that voluntary too?)
from Metro Edmonton:
Feds commit cash to help keep kids safe (Safe from injuries.)
from the Edmonton Examiner:
Former north-side school becomes assisted living facility (At least it didn’t sit empty until it was just bulldozed.)
Downtown business cheer on arena concept (And an opinion: Seize the day: build a downtown arena)
Heritage festival marks 35th year with some big figures (I plan on going, for the first time.)
from 630CHED/iNews880:
Mason quashes coalition talk, mulls joint strategy with AB Liberals (Mulls! Also, it’s like progressive parties, and politicians, never want to lead this province.)
Versus reports decrease in viewers for Indy (But that’s why we’re supposed to spend money on the race, so people see Edmonton…)
PIN skimmer found at busy bank
from CBC Edmonton:
Legislature sheriffs start bike patrol
from CTV Edmonton:
Envision Edmonton tries to get mayor’s attention (If Envision Edmonton didn’t get their 79,000 or so signatures after the Indy, I’m not so confident they’ll get them at all. That, to me, was their big, and best, shot.)
Province to spend more cash on advertisements promoting oilsands (Fine. But don’t complain when people SEE the ads and lash out at the oilsands.)
from Global Edmonton:
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Question: Does Stelmach not know oilsands companies have their own communications departments and that he can go back to doing what he was elected and is paid to do?
So, uh, just throwing this out there, but what happens if we invest the $300 Million of public money on the new arena district, only to have the team sold/moved in a few years…? Two giant arenas in a town with no professional sports team to use either one…?
Heritage Days: please take some time to watch the performances! Otherwise it becomes a nonprofit version of Taste of Edmonton. It makes me a little sad when people spend all day in lineups, when it should be about celebrating our heritages. And say “Hi!” to my mom at the Japanese pavilion.
Leah, he probably does, but there’s all that tax money to spend on something.
Derjis, enjoy your giant napping domes.
Mari, I’m actually excited to check things out. I definitely want to try some different kinds of food (and waffles, Eva Sweet is going to be at the Belgian pavilion) but there are too many countries to just focus on food. I hope to get a feel for the whole Heritage Festival experience.
Jeff, have you never been to Heritage Days before…?
The empty arena could be used to house the homeless. We could teach them to play hockey, and force them to compete against each other for our amusement! Then, when they get good enough, we buy our way back into the NHL and pit our team of homeless hometown heroes against the best players the NHL has to offer!
Did you catch that alliteration back there? Man, I should write for the news! I’d just need to bone up on my knowledge of soups and squirrels with yogurt cups stuck on their heads…
I have never been to Heritage Days (festival? what’s it actually called?) so this would be my first time.
I got half way through that Peter Adler Oiler article and stop reading. What a bunch of sensational nonsense!