Lunar New Year Headlines
Good day, Edmonton, and Happy Year of the Golden Rabbit! Yes, it’s the Lunar, or Chinese, New Year today. So, celebrate!
An Edmonton man, accused in a terrorist bombing, is asking for release on bail.
Edmonton’s Somali community is still trying to figure out what’s to be done to curb the violence taking their young men.
City councillors will be getting a 4.6% salary increase this year. It’s a raise that is tied to Alberta’s average weekly earnings. Council tossed around some votes, for a 1.5% increase, for a 0% increase, but those failed and they get the original proposed raise.
Councillors officially approved spending for this year’s Indy. This is the one that will start making money, we know it!
Some Edmonton buses will be getting equipped with GPS. They’ll also get automated stop announcements, which is most helpful to blind passengers and those with visual impairments. The buses will also be able to be tracked in realtime, which will be great when you’re trying to figure out if you should head out and try to catch the bus when it’s supposed to be there or wait a few more minutes because it’s held up in traffic.
Bedbugs are starting to read up on us, by moving into four city libraries.
And there’s more! (more…)
Happy LunarNewYearValentine’sFamily Day
Before we go any further (do you love me, will you love me forever…) I just wanted to use this events-related moment to show you a couple of pictures of an event I saw at West Edmonton Mall last weekend. The Edmonton Table Hockey League was battling it out.
Let the tournament begin!
More difficult to score on than the Oilers.
Wow, this is looking to be one busy long weekend.
Sure, you’ve got all that stuff happening over in Vancouver, which will likely occupy some of your TV time but, hey, the weather isn’t the worst its been, it’s a long weekend and there’s lots happening in good old Edmonton.
In other good news, I’m getting some of these fun ideas from ShareEdmonton. You’ll especially want to hit up that website for all kinds of neighbourhood Family Day events happening all over Edmonton.
Let’s start with the most obvious, it’s Family Day on Monday. Not only does that mean an extra day to sleep in, it means more going on.
City Hall (and Churchill Square) and the Alberta Legislature will be open for events. City Hall’s event is part of the ongoing WinterLight festival. WinterLight is also doing something Saturday in Boyle Street Park.
As Sally wrote about earlier today, there’s a kid-friendly play at the Stanley Milner Library. You can catch it tonight, and there are two showings Saturday.
Maybe you want Family Day to be about looking into your family’s past. You can do that over at the Provincial Archives.
As for the Lunar New Year, you can check out the Year of the Tiger’s entrance at the Valley Zoo, Sunday, or in Chinatown. Firecrackers go off at 95 Street and 105 Avenue, Sunday afternoon. I’m sure there are smaller events around too, so check your local listings.
The Uptown Folk Club‘s having a WinterFest of their own. I bet there’ll be music.
Oh, if you’re looking for Valentine’s Day dinner, Mack and Sharon have some ideas. They’ve even peered into the menus and prices. Yes, things do get more expensive for this night out.
Speaking of Valentine’s Day, the Valley Zoo is also offering same-sex speed dating. I don’t know how else you could blow away Edmonton stereotypes than with the civic government hosting this. Bang.
There’s also two nights of “Animal Attractions” for any couple looking to take in the zoo at night.
Whatever you do, if you’re thinking about taking the LRT, remember that there are some service disruptions this weekend.
See you Tuesday, but I’ll bet we’ll all be tired from this exciting weekend!
Lunar New Year
Last weekend I popped into the Ice Palace at West Edmonton Mall to check out the Lunar New Year’s party.
Here are some of the colourful sights.
Clearly the fact we won a disposable camera means there is more to come…
Click on any of the photos for a bigger, better, look.
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- The colours of the Lunar New Year
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- It was kind of like a tradeshow.
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- Some of the people involved.
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- Dancing!
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- Horticulture!
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- I bet I could fit in that.
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- The Palace Casino-branded prizes are the best. Except when the pen doesn’t write. *sigh* Next time, come on hand sanitizer!
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- If this camera worked, and I’m not convinced it did, you will see glorious one-time use photos right here.
