Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:
- Runway 16/34 at the City Centre Airport officially closed early Tuesday morning.
- The five finalists in the City Centre Airport design competition were announced on Friday.
- The results of the Jasper Avenue survey are in – people want more activity downtown.
- Edmonton-based Investopedia, founded in 1999, was scooped up by online marketing company ValueClick for $42 million this week.
- Last weekend’s Heritage Festival was a big success, though the Edmonton Food Bank unfortunately did not reach its goal. Think about them the next time you see a donation bin!
- Online food ordering & delivery service DeliveryTown.ca is now available in Edmonton. The currently support more than 100 food delivery and takeout locations.
- Edmonton’s Eddie tourist bus is no longer running, at least not until EEDC can figure out how to make it more popular and sustainable.
- Fill the Stadium for the Stollery, an annual fundraising football game between the Edmonton Police and Edmonton Fire Rescue services, raised $11,797 for the children’s hospital.
- The Edmonton Opera announced that Mary Phillips-Rickey is stepping down as the general manager by the end of October. They are currently searching for a new CEO, part of a large restructuring.
- Edmonton Stories wants to know how you get around town! They’re running a contest from August 9 until September 3. Enter your submissions here!
- ETS will provide weekday morning and afternoon peak period service between the City of Leduc, Nisku Inn, the Edmonton International Airport, and Century Park LRT Station starting August 30.
- Election news is heating up as we get ever closer to October. Dave wrote a good piece on social media and the election.
- Speaking of the election, Don Koziak announced he’s making another run at the Mayor’s chair. By trying to stop LRT expansion.
- For more headlines from the past week, check out theedmontonian.com.
- Tomorrow at Alley Kat is Slow Food Edmonton’s Beer and Boar BBQ. Should be fun, assuming the weather holds out!
- Don’t miss lunch time in Churchill Square for the rest of the month! Live at Lunch on the Square starts on Tuesday.
- FC Edmonton plays its next exhibition game on Wednesday, against the Victoria Highlanders.
- The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival starts on Thursday and it’s bigger than ever with more than 1200 performances of 230 shows by more than 500 artists from around the world. Frequent fringer and double fringer passes sold out in less than 24 hours, the first time that has happened in the festival’s history!
- Thursday is also the final Rooftop Patio party at Latitude 53.
The annual Cariwest parade took place downtown today:
MasterMaq's Blog 
I really enjoy your blog! I get all the meat without the bone. The newspaper is mostly BAD news. I think Don Koziak needs to get a grip; the LT is a great addition to the city. Do it now for 2 billion or in 10 years for 8.
Mark