Edmonton Notes for 9/25/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

• The first mayoral debate took place on Thursday evening. Here’s a great write-up on the evening by David Berry. The second mayoral debate takes place on October 14.
• Dave has a good update on the election here, and if you haven’t already seen it, check out CTV’s election site.
• STARS and the City of Edmonton reached a tentative deal this week that will allow STARS to operate at the City Centre Airport while plans to relocate are developed.
• Envision Edmonton wrote to northern rural municipalities asking for money, but didn’t find much support.
• The Edmonton Public Library launched its first library vending machine this week at the Century Park LRT Station. The machine has capacity for about 400 items and is the first of its kind in Western Canada.
• Happy 15th Birthday to Vue Weekly (Sept 21)! Here’s what their first cover looked like.
• The Hope Mission launched a new website this week.
• A new 90,000 square foot building is being developed at the Edmonton International Airport. It is expected to open in the fall of 2011.
• Congratulations to the Edmonton Journal for being a finalist in five categories in the Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
• The Save-On-Foods on Kingsway Avenue is closing down, but a Superstore is slated to take its place in June 2011.
• Notebook Magazine, a quarterly art publication, is going online only.
• This is pretty awesome: the Edmonton Journal made FAILBlog!
• The new brand for 104 Street Downtown was unveiled this week: 4th Street Promenade. You can follow them on Twitter.
• For more headlines from the past week, check out theedmontonian.com.
• Tomorrow is Free Admission Day at City of Edmonton attractions and recreation centres!
• Coming up on Tuesday evening – DemoCamp Edmonton 12!
• Wednesday evening is the latest installment of Green Drinks Edmonton.
• The Edmonton International Film Festival is on now at Empire City Centre theatres!
• Three more pre-season home games for the Edmonton Oilers this week: Vancouver tomorrow, Phoenix on Wednesday, and Calgary on Friday.
• Friday night is the start of the Heritage, Innovation & the Livable City conference.
• For election-related events, check out ShareEdmonton.ca.

The new 4th Street Promenade brand was officially unveiled at the City Market today.

It was a great day today for the Edmonton Corn Maze!