End of the week Headlines
Good morning, Edmonton.
It's time to just relax after another tough week.
Are you ready for what should be an election campaign dominated by the City Centre Airport Debate? If the petition goes through, and we have a question on our election ballots about keeping the airport open, or closing it, it will likely overshadow ward debates, other city issues, and the very important public school board election.
What is this, round 3, 4?
Thursday, Envision Edmonton delivered their petition signatures to the City Clerk’s office. At least one councillor is questioning some of the tactics to get to this point.
This is probably going to be messy, which is too bad, since it should just be a reasoned question of where Edmonton goes in the next few decades.
Hey, maybe closing the airport would save us money on the northbound LRT.
But enough about that airport. There’s going to be plenty, PLENTY, of time to write about that. Because 2009 never happened.
AIRPORT!
from the Edmonton Journal:
Premier justified skipping meeting (As I read this, they’re saying the Premier doesn’t have to be an MLA, engaged in his actual constituency.)
Portal to Albertans’ health data open wider
Community paper’s financial woes threaten crucial local voice (Should we save all old forms of media in their current incarnations, or help them evolve to new technological, information, business, consumption models? This basically asks for money. And takes digs at blogs and volunteer writers. I didn’t realize the Rat Creek Press had an office at Edmonton City Hall.)
from the Edmonton Sun:
Provincial report suggests 20% of northeastern Alberta could be protected
U of A home to new geomechanical centre (More on the U of A from the Globe and Mail.)
from The Canadian Press:
More major U.S. corporations join boycott of Alberta oilsands fuel (You’re going to recognize all four companies.)
from CBC Edmonton:
We’ll turn to the CBC for some animal news. Falcon nests find home under bridge and a Black bear sighted in Edmonton.
from CTV Edmonton:
Habitat for Humanity controversy (This one in our city, not St. Albert.)
from Global Edmonton:
Fourth anniversary of Stephanie Stewart’s disappearance (She was a fire tower worker near Hinton.)
Did we mention the airport was in the news?
Boo!
With Hallowe’en a scant few days away, let’s break down and run down all the spooky Edmonton activities for you boils and ghouls.
(This is also a good time to discuss whether you think Hallowe’en should have an apostrophe.)
I’m actually surprised (shocked? scared?) by the amount of events and happenings in my neck of the woods. First example: ghost tours of Old Strathcona. It also appears to be the Dead Centre of Town. The TransAlta Arts Barns are showing The Bone House, and on Hallowe’en night there’s the Fringe Fright Night.
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra has Halloween: The Concert and Spooktacular!
The Art Gallery of Alberta will be haunted on October 31.
Even the Edmonton Opera is going to a dark place.
There’s always a haunted house or two.
Radio stations The Bear, Sonic 102.9 and The Bounce all have costume-heavy parties.
A number of Edmonton Public Library branches are doing family-friendly stuff.
West Edmonton Mall is even getting into the spooky spirit. (It also hosts the events for The Bounce and Sonic.)
And the Edmonton Corn Maze has become the Farm of Fear.
If I missed anything, or you are just looking for something else, you’ll want to hit up dEdmonton. They’re pretty much the centre of all things Hallowe’en+Edmonton.
Oh, and there’s always dressing up in a costume and going around asking for candy on Saturday. If you’re into that kind of thing.
The bear necessities, for a curfew
Once again, people seemed to miss a very important detail to a story. A
detail, which could change Edmonton for the better.
This week, everyone freaked out at the possibility of a human hand being found in a bush downtown. I’ll admit, I was worried. I quickly did a hand check of all those in the room, and after a brief moment of panic, found out we were okay.
Then the wheels began to turn… British Columbia has its severed feet.
Surely you recall the foot that washed up on the beach, the foot found by a
jogger, etc… The random, no explanation severed feet. This severed hand
could’ve been our foot.
