Scrambled #yeg
Here are some odds and ends from around this fair city of ours. I like to call this scrambled #yeg, combining one of my favourite foods and Twitter’s Edmonton hashtag.
You can see other fun stuff we’ve found here.
This dentist takes his teeth very seriously.
(Anyone else know where this dental office is?)
When do all of our buses get DVD players, ETS?
If you’re walking down Whyte Avenue take a look down at your feet. That’s where you’ll spot these babies.
Sock on the LRT.
Umm, it’s a sock on the LRT.
And finally…
May 17 Edmonton Headlines
Gonna be a hot one today.
Hot yesterday. Uh-huh. Gonna be hot again tomorrow.
The tooth they pulled out of my mouth was really big. Well, not this big. And it also didn't talk, like this one.
That probably doesn’t bode well for the fire just outside of the city. Here’s hoping the wind plays for our side and then we get some rain.
In me news, I had a wisdom tooth pulled this weekend and worked on freeing up more space on our PVR. So, I actually hid from that glorious weather most of the time.
Except when I went to get ice cream.
But enough about my convalescence…how about all this stuff going on?!
from the Edmonton Journal:
Alberta firefighter cancers to be covered (Firefighters can be exposed to some nasty chemicals, and this is an ongoing fight in many places.)
Transit buses lagging in hybrid upgrades: report
Province orders dealers to inspect used cars (This could be great news for people buying used vehicles.)
Stelmach to sell Alberta in China
Imperial snubs Alberta workers (Shipping off work to South Korea.)
Trudeau prize will allow of U of A student to ‘think big’
Liberals reluctant wooers of NDP
Take a peek behind the scenes at RAM (You can see some the Royal Alberta Museum’s collection, the stuff not on display, for free, all day tomorrow.)
from the Edmonton Sun:
New signs won’t stop speeders (Actually, the old ones didn’t either. Neither, it seems, does even enforcing the speed limit.)
Toddler waiting on ‘miracle’ surgery
Fundraising carnival brings ‘em out
from Metro Edmonton:
Signal woes add fuel to anti-LRT fire
Fighting for a cure (They walked to end MS.)
from 630CHED/iNews880:
Boyle street reports rise in people using its services (While winter poses threats of frostbite and hypothermia, summer means dehydration is a risk for the homeless.)
Mandel faces first mayoral challenger (Meanwhile…over in Ward 6…
Volcanic ash causes disruptions at EIA
from CBC Edmonton:
Wildfire threatens homes near Edmonton (Yet, down south it’s rain that is a problem.)
Plainclothes officers to patrol downtown troublespots
Farmers’ net income to nosedive in 2010
Edmonton ecstasy dealer sentenced (He sold the drugs to the girl who died at WEM’s Galaxyland.)
Soldier’s body returns to Canada (Another period of mourning at Edmonton Garrison.)
Lindhout starts scholarship for Somali women (She was the reporter kidnapped in Somalia.)
Alberta closes bat cave to control disease (I really held out hope this was about Batman.)
from CTV Edmonton:
Police investigate Edmonton’s latest murder (The man was found dead on the stairs leading up to the Hotel MacDonald.
from Global Edmonton:
Memorial rally (Remembering children who have died in the care of child services.)
What a good day this was for the CBC newsroom.
What to do, what to do
Yes indeed, we’ve made it through another week.
Martin Kerr was out at the Beverley Farmers' Market. Maybe you'll see him at the first Downtown market of the summer, this Saturday.
So, let’s find you something fun to do.
Not to brag, but I bet, maybe even as you’re reading this, I’m having the most weekend fun of all. The dentist is yanking one of my wisdom teeth out.
Have fun with your non-pain pill related events, suckers.
If you’re an Edmonton politics fan you may already know the Alberta Liberal Party is holding their convention and AGM this weekend.
The Tallest Man on Earth is playing a sold out show at Brixx. He’s not actually that tall.
Everybody’s favourite band (to say) is playing the Avenue Theatre tonight. It’s Fucked Up.
More local, Saturday will see the first Joe Bird Award. It’s a bit of a celebration over at the Empress Ale House.
#YegHelp is this Saturday night. That’s a big fundraiser for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. There’s a fashion show too. Plus, I’ll link to most anything with a #Yeg in it.
Almost a #Yeg, the public teachers are hosting a tweetup tonight.
Maybe this will be the weekend you finally check out lawn bowling. Maybe.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the E-Ville Roller Derby girls are having a championship this weekend. Have you seen roller derby in E-town yet?
Of course, the summer blockbuster movies just keep on coming!
There’s a 2010 Alberta Comedy Spectacular being recorded for the CBC in St. Albert.
Ooh, and the Found Footage Festival is on tonight!
Meanwhile…over at Share Edmonton…
The Edmonton Energy return to the basketball floor!
There will be plenty of running and walking this weekend with the Community Action Dash and Enerflex MS Walk.
Don’t forget, the ESO is always a good choice. This weekend, they’ve got a wonderful soprano in, to sing Schubert.
And, I don’t normally look beyond the weekend, but I fear I’ll forget to mention A Night of Highwire Films, which is happening Wednesday. There!
Friday Headlines
Happy Days may be ahead, Edmonton.
It sounds like all that oil in that there ground is going to save us, again. The Premier told his best friends and colleagues, at his annual Edmonton dinner, that energy revenues are cutting the deficit. More tax revenues are helping too.
Then the government promptly started throwing (Indy) money around (Expo), showing how they’ve run this province so smoothly for four decades with good, fiscal planning.
Interesting to note, that while energy revenues are touted here and here, CHED/iNews doesn’t mention the oil money. The problem with that is that it gives the impression the ruling party actually knows what its doing.
And I don’t think it’s even opinion to say financial problems in Alberta’s government can’t be pinned on the recession, since the whole deal seems centered around energy revenues.
But enough of my ranting. It’s the weekend and we should read through all of this stuff to get to the penguin story and be ready for a fun couple of days.
More news, after I find my ball.
from the Edmonton Journal:
Zoning not best way to handle Edmonton massage parlour problems: report
Katz’s bad timing risks project
Syncrude asked to do impossible: White (Maybe that’s it right there. Maybe there’s no way to be environmentally sound while digging oil from the ground.)
$2 device saving a $50M industry
Albertans’ time in unemployment lines continues to grow
Hundreds march against abortion through downtown Edmonton
New media leaves news bans in dust (Court-related publication bans need to keep up with technology and communication. You’re welcome, traditional news media.)
From the Calgary Herald: Private health care in Alberta bungled, critics charge
from the Edmonton Sun:
Edmonton air quality warning issued over wildfire
Police experts: graffiti lacks artistic merit (I take issue with some of the stuff in this column. Gang tags, or anything that’s associated with gangs or criminals, is fine to rub out and ticket people for. But some stuff really is “street art.”)
from Metro Edmonton:
All this Indy cash could be much better spent
Eight-year-old recovering after receiving new lungs (The youngest in Alberta to have this surgery.)
High hopes as Energy shooting to score (I was just wondering, after the playoff run of the Edmonton Rush, what happened to this basketball team.)
from 630CHED/iNews880:
Long-time councillor won’t seek re-election (Dave Thiele is out.)
UPDATE: LRT train fire (Public transit is so hot right now.)
Smile, you’re on traffic camera (This story poses the question of whether red light and green light cameras are cutting the number of collisions. If ticket numbers are up, or the same, then it would be sheer luck, but if ticket numbers are down then we might actually be getting the message to drive better.)
U of A med student has the right stuff
from CBC Edmonton:
Jasper Avenue to get public toilets this summer (Jasper gets temorary urinals and toilets, while Whyte is going to be getting permanent public washrooms.)
Petition demands probe into deaths of Somali-Canadians (Here’s your probe: They got into drugs and gangs and those kinds of people won’t talk to police and help solve the murders. Now, focus on keeping people out of that lifestyle.)
Alberta county declares wildfire emergency
from CTV Edmonton:
City set to remove dozens of mature, dead trees on Whyte Ave
Edmonton family seeks financial help from Alberta gov’t to pay for son’s surgery
Canadian soldier killed by IED in Afghanistan (He was Edmonton-based, and just days away from coming home.)
RCMP begin investigation into BMO mortgage fraud
And, because you love cute animals, here’s a penguin doing stuff at WEM.
