Edmonton Notes for 10/2/2010

Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:

• Edmonton Next Gen hosted the first of its two election forums at the University of Alberta. The forums are unique because they utilize a speed-dating format. Unfortunately the first event was not as well attended as was hoped. I think the second one will do much better, now that more people know about it.
• Interesting freelance piece from Ken Cantor on the height restrictions that have been placed on Edmonton as a result of the City Centre Airport.
• Envision Edmonton was in the news again early in the week, vowing to spend $200,000 during the election to support pro-airport candidates and confirming that the group is launching court action against the City over the failed petition.
• Epcor and AltaLink submitted their application this week to the Alberta Utilities Commission for the Heartland Transmission Project.
• Timeraiser is back in Edmonton this month, and the national presenting partner is WestJet. They’ve offered a couple of tickets to one lucky winner as a promotion! All you need to do to enter is leave a comment here telling me what you’re doing to help make Edmonton a better place.
• A new veterinary hospital at the Edmonton Valley Zoo is now open, and will provide enhanced care to the more than 350 animals that live at the zoo.
• This is extremely cool – election results will be in the data catalogue on election day! It says: the real time 2010 election results will be updated every 5-10 minutes on the evening of the election date.
• Thanks to a $2.5 million investment by the City and the Province through the Cornerstones Affordable Housing Program, fifty Edmontonians will enjoy bright new energy-efficient homes.
• Though he apparently didn’t say it to the audience, Deloitte Canada’s Duncan Stewart thinks we’ll see more digital media companies coming out of Edmonton.
• Just a reminder that you can find your wards, candidates, related tweets, upcoming events, and much more at the ShareEdmonton 2010 Election site.
• For more headlines from the past week, check out theedmontonian.com.
• Coming up on Wednesday evening at MacEwan downtown – the second Candi{date} forum.
• The CIBC Run for the Cure is tomorrow!
• In sports tomorrow, Hamilton is in town to take on the Eskimos, and the Moose Jaw Warriors are here to play the Oil Kings.
• The first ever CloudCamp Edmonton is happening on Monday evening.
• The annual Fashion with Compassion fundraiser takes place on Thursday.
• Also Thursday evening is a neat fundraiser called Creative Cause, taking place the Art Gallery of Alberta.
• The Oilers kick off their regular season at home against the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
• Next Saturday is the final City Market Downtown. Don’t miss it!

The first ever Edmonton Heritage Council symposium was held this weekend at the Sutton Place Hotel.