Be sure to check out Edmonton Etcetera for local stuff throughout the week. Here’s the archive so far for December. Enjoy!
Here are my weekly Edmonton notes:
- City Council passed the 2011 Operating Budget this week, keeping the increase to 3.85%. Here is Councillor Iveson’s post on the budget.
- Canadian Western Bank recently celebrated its 90th consecutive quarter of profitability, and CEO Larry Pollock says he’s just getting started. See also: my post on Edmonton’s FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) industry.
- Apparently Edmonton’s Christmas charities are feeling the pinch this year. That’s a similar story to last year, when local charities were about $3 million short of targets.
- The City is reminding you to lend a hand this holiday season if you’re able to do so.
- Kavis Reed is the new head coach of Edmonton Eskimos. In other Esks news, does anyone know who the dancing worker is?
- In 2010, the province of Alberta set a new record for beverage container recycling with a return rate of close to 83%!
- A couple of people broke into Edmonton’s Free Store. You know, the store where you can take anything for free. Yes, really.
- The University of Alberta’s medical school is launching an inner-city health strategy.
- NAIT selected Glenn Feltham as their new President this week.
- FC Edmonton named its new head coach this week: Harry Sinkgraven.
- Nokomis is closing at the end of January, after eight years and three different locations. Todd has more on the story here.
- Sherwood Park’s new $106 million Community Centre opened this week. Construction on the project began in 2007, and it covers 3.3 hectares.
- The 2010 ETS Stuff a Bus campaign was a success, with 34,643 kg of food and nearly $14,000 in cash donations collected.
- Waterloo Ford Lincoln, located at 114 Street on 107 Avenue, is staying put and is planning a major green rebuild.
- Congrats to Lauren MacDonald, a third-year human ecology student at the University of Alberta selected as one of Canada’s Breakthrough Designers for 2011.
- The remaining hurdles appear to have been cleared in the University of Alberta’s plan to switch to Gmail for email. The shift will begin in January.
- For more headlines from the past week, check out theedmontonian.com.
- Are you as excited for La Poutine as I am? That’s right – a restaurant serving nothing but poutine, coming soon to Edmonton!
- Now available in the App Store, the Edmonton Journal iPad App.
- The Oilers are in action at home tonight against the Canucks. Toronto is in town on Tuesday evening, and the Blue Jackets will visit on Thursday.
- The Oil Kings are home to the Regina Pats tomorrow evening, on Wednesday to the Swift Current Broncos, and on Friday to the Chilliwack Bruins.
- The final Winter Market Downtown takes place next Saturday!
- Looking for something festive to do? There’s a growing collection of events here.
- For more upcoming events, check out ShareEdmonton.
I’m sure everyone in Edmonton has seen Linus Omark’s very entertaining shootout winner from the other night:
‘Tis the season!
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