Edmonton Notes for 10/10/2009

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

• From Original Fare and Keep Edmonton Original, your guide to living local in October.
• The next Divertido networking event will be at Coney Island Candy on October 21!
• Edmonton’s newest radio station went live this week – Hot 107 FM (CJNW). You can follow them on Twitter here.
• Here’s the Edmonton Startup Index for October from Techvibes.
• From the edmontonian: Why join a community league?
• Speed limits will be dropping for some neighbourhoods to 30 km/h.
• Should Edmonton brand itself around sport, with the new downtown arena as the centrepiece? Katz and his crew caused quite the stir this week by inviting Councillors to an out-of-chambers meeting.
• The University of Alberta has moved up in a recent ranking of universities around the world from 74th to 59th. Getting closer to the goal of top 20 by 2020!
• Edmonton won the top honour at the national Communities in Bloom awards!
• A new 27-minute video entitled “Edmonton 2030 – It’s Our Time” will air on CTV and Global on Monday. You can see the trailer here.
• Premier Stelmach is also making a TV appearance next week, on Wednesday evening.
• One of the big discussions that took place this week was about preserving the view atop Edmonton’s ravines and river valley.
• Alberta Advanced Education & Technology is running a survey for the digital media and e-learning sectors. Also, the Innovation Voucher Pilot Program kicks off October 26.
• No economic slowdown for Capital Power – they’re on a hiring blitz.
• Sharon wrote about Edmonton’s newest bakery, Duchess Bake Shop on 124th Street.
• The traffic layer in Google Maps is now live for Edmonton. Street View, unfortunately, is not.
• Coming up next Saturday – ChangeCampEdmonton! Register here. Also next Saturday – Edmonton’s 1st Timeraiser.
• Fall sure didn’t last long – winter arrived this week, complete with snow! Here’s a great photo essay from Alex of the first snowfall.