June 16 Edmonton Headlines
Good morning to you, Edmonton.
When you’re driving around the city, do you find those new(ish) electronic billboards annoying, too bright, distracting?
Poverty is still hitting Edmonton’s kids, especially during the recent recession.
A new team is hitting the streets to help homeless individuals with addictions.
You can now fly from Edmonton to Cranbrook, British Columbia. Cranbrook party, anyone? Speaking of flying…the Edmonton International Airport’s new hotel will open next year…
There is a milk revolution happening at one Edmonton school.
St. Albert is losing one of its two newspapers. (The remaining paper is the twice-weekly St. Albert Gazette.)
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Alberta’s wildfire fighting budget is going to be high. And this prediction comes before summer even officially starts.
Our province has a new Chief Medical Examiner. I wonder if shows like CSI and Bones have made it easier to publish a profile like this.
The RCMP are going to look into allegations of people jumping the healthcare line. Meanwhile…the Alberta Health Services CEO can make a little extra money if he reduces some medical wait times.
An Alberta company is now facing charges in importing foreign workers, in a case that’s already seen a lawsuit and counter-suit filed.
It seems the dating website Plenty of Fish isn’t too happy about the government of Alberta’s new website aimed at increasing awareness of sexually transmitted infections; Plenty of Syph.
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That Air Canada strike appears to be over before it really got going.
Canada Post, on the other hand, isn’t going to be delivering your jams of the month anytime soon. (Unless the federal government steps in.) The Alberta government’s launched its backup mail plan!
Haha…the Conservative government might have trouble reforming the Senate because of…Conservative senators.
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.
