I knew I shouldn't have trusted you to watch my stereo.

It’s a nice little Thursday in Edmonton, with just enough stories to entice and engage, but not so many to be a frighteningly long list. So, let’s do this.

Canada Post is scaling back mail delivery. I hope you got all those books from Amazon already.

Contractors, the construction crews that work on roads, are among those scratching their heads at the Mayor’s idea to halt major road work in Edmonton for three or so years. This spin-off story to the Mayor’s proposal has me thinking about three years of only minor road work and pothole repairs. What if Edmonton comes out of the three-year moratorium to find a lot of big crews are booked on other projects? That could increase the cost the City pays in labour – you know, supply and demand and all that.

Edmonton rents are the fifth highest in the country, according to an annual survey of two-bedroom apartment rates.

If parents of Edmonton’s Catholic students say their schools need casino money badly, that’s a problem tied into Alberta education funding. The parents may be in a fight with the Edmonton Catholic School District (and their faith?) over the use of gambling money to support their kids’ education.

Speaking of Catholic Schools…all the fun of closing schools shouldn’t be left to the public board…

All this talk of downtown arenas, we sometimes forget there’s a major project proposed for east Jasper.

There are 18 kilmometres of new bike lanes and routes going in this summer. It’s still going to be a scary ride for some cyclists though.

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The Alberta New Democrats want the RCMP to look into allegations of healthcare line jumping.

The New Mexico “Amigos” were in Alberta looking at potential energy partnerships. Maybe they can teach our government a thing or two about saving royalties “…meant for the future generation.”

A massive forest fire continues to burn north of Fort McMurray. It’s one of the largest in Alberta’s history.

The headline of this story (Dancing pits Fort Sask., Alta. pastor vs. saloon led me to believe it was going to be a very “Footloose” kind of story. At least it’s got half-naked people.

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Once Lowe’s opens in Edmonton you can finally start building me a new deck.

I was all excited when I checked the mail yesterday. There was a stack of flyers to toss, a bill to open with fear later, and a letter to me!

But wait…that writing on the envelope sure looked familiar.

Probably because I mailed this letter…to myself.

Please don't tell me I'm the only one who's screwed up mail this bad.