September 8 Edmonton Headlines
Good Thursday morning to you, Edmonton.
It’s nice to see that taking the LRT is such a good option that you can’t get a parking spot at Century Park station. More transit please!
An Old Strathcona parking lot looks to lose just over half of its parking spots. Tie that into some transit tweaks, including bus lanes on 99 Street, and I think you’d be just fine.
Is Edmonton forgetting its fallen soldiers? Or is this weekend, the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on the U.S. just taking people to other events?
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Guys, I keep telling you, if we’re going to talk about important issues our government department is working on you send the e-mails to JordanFan789@hotmail.com.
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In the “Does not bode well for the future of the oilsands” category; Nobel Peace Prize winners are lining up in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline which would take oil from Alberta to the Texas coast.
If you want more, and stable, funding for education in Alberta, the opposition Liberals and NDP have ways for you to voice that opinion.
Meanwhile…in the crowded classrooms…more students enrolled in Edmonton schools, which means both the Public and Catholic boards can hire a few extra teachers…
Alberta is going to offer more surgeries to obese people to combat the many health problems associated with being so overweight. Also, some more food and exercise education in schools.
A judge in Calgary says the war on drugs is one that cannot be won, so our best hope is to keep casualties to a minimum.
While smoking is down across the country, more Albertans are taking up the habit, especially teens.
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(And FC Edmonton is headed to the playoffs in their first year.)
September 8 Headlines
I wonder if there's an Internet cafe nearby.
The big news today is that the Edmonton Sun has more stories than than the Journal.
Just kidding. Though that’s a rarity.
The big news, which the Sun is all over, is that Edmonton Police Chief Mike Boyd is stepping out a year early. He’s citing family reasons. He’s also been sick recently.
Oh, and there’s more airport stuff today.
from the Edmonton Journal:
No beds, no surprise, MLA Evans says (Yeah, shut-it Sherwood Park!)
Downtown cattle drive may be part of rodeo revitalization
Evolution of an oilsands ‘dinosaur’ killer (A potential to turn bitumen into oil without the upgrading process.)
from the Calgary Herald: Alberta salaries rise 3.1% in 2010 (Has yours gone up that much?)
from the National Post: Alberta on defensive over roil sands bird deaths
from the Edmonton Sun:
Police Chief Mike Boyd stepping down
Police Chief’s tenure marked by highs, lows (He was brought in, from outside of Edmonton, after serious lows from the EPS.)
Boyd good with public, political powers: cop union
Scona Pool hangs on (I think it will end up being permanently saved. It’s centrally located and plays into, what I perceive are, new city goals of a denser, more walkable city.)
More bucks for social agencies?
from Metro Edmonton:
Hey Romeo woos lunch crowd (It’s Canadian Country Music Week, here in Edmonton.)
from the Edmonton Examiner:
Enrollment spikes at Mill Creek School (That should ward off closure. Thought I guess that really depends on which trustees get elected October 18.)
from The Canadian Press:
Environment focus of Pelosi, Stelmach chat (The Post’s Don Martin doesn’t think she’s here to have her mind changed.)
from 630CHED/iNews880:
Beaumont chooses town over city status (Hey, we wouldn’t want municipal residents to start paying for things when provincial dollars will cover it.)
University of Alberta slips in worldwide ranking (Maybe a new tool will help boost the U of A’s ranking next year.)
Weekend traffic numbers spike since 2009 (I’m always dismayed by the number of people ticketed. More so by the fact that we should all know police are out in full force on long weekends.)
from CBC Edmonton:
Stelmach wades into airport debate (More reports! But if the report is going to take months, and the election, and possibly plebiscite, is next month…oh, this is never, ever, ever, going to end. Also, I wanted to point out today’s Journal editorial cartoon on the airport. It made me smile.)
from CTV Edmonton:
Proposed highrise has downtown residents up in arms (It’s supposed to go on the edge of the valley in south Oliver.)
Police release suspect descriptions in latest homicide case
from Global Edmonton:
First thing Tuesday Headlines
Cue the "Jaws" theme.
I hope everyone else is getting confused as to what day it is today. Those darn long weekends always mess things up.
But I will take more if you want to give them to me, provincial and federal governments.
Ah, the day after Labour Day; always the true sign summer is ending. The leaves could have all fallen off the trees by now but until that long weekend is behind us it just doesn’t quite feel like summer is over.
Now, whining about summer, over, let’s get down to some top stories from around Edmonton.
from the Edmonton Journal:
Public ‘curious’ to hear from Bush: promoter (W. is coming to town.)
H1N1 taken off front burner (H1N1 testing not routine.)
from the Edmonton Sun:
Labour of love for needy (The annual Labour Day BBQ is packed.)
Local churches band together to fight crime
Comic a novel idea for movie (A local comic writer and Hollywood rumors.)
from Metro Edmonton:
Workers block trucks (Safeway strike on, replacement workers hired.)
from CTV Edmonton:
Edmonton Capitals call first season a success
from CBC Edmonton:
Parents urged to keep sick kids home (H1N1 stuff, via The Canadian Press.)
Surely I didn’t miss anything?
