The Internet isn’t exactly a new thing. Okay, maybe in terms of geologic time it’s a pretty recent development, but most of us have been using the interwebs for awhile now. With that being said, when you’re looking at the websites of new developments, …

Why does Paul Dewar want Alberta and Saskatchewan to stop doing what’s making them rich?

Paul Brant has written a song for the upcoming World Jr. Hockey Championships that will be taking place in Calgary and Edmonton at the end of the year. He will be making a music video and is going to recruit Edmontonians and Calgarians who love hockey …

Alberta has another reason to be proud. When invitations were sent out to officiate the World Cup, Red Deer’s David ‘Papa Razzo’ Chapman was on the list. While seldom recognized with fanfare that star derby players enjoy, referees are an integr…

It was big day on Friday for the Edmonton Oilers.
After a trip to New York City to meet with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, the City of Edmonton and The Katz Group made some major progress in the negotiations over that proposed downtown arena complex.
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An incredible edible downtown Edmonton event! Congrats to Sharon and Mack! Make it Happen. That has been my mantra, and byline under my name in my e-mail since 1992. (Yes, kids, there was really e-mail back in the old days!) Sharon Yeo and Mack Male are two people who know how to “make it happen”.  [...]

‘Rusted Pyre’ Director, Laurence Cohen seconds Somer-Wilson’s sentiments, offering “One performance is not separate from the other in this two-hander and it really takes two to tango. This (win) is a testament to the incredible talent of both these young stars”. Continue reading →

Fathers lock up your daughters – the Lingerie Football League is coming to an arena near you.
Word came down this week that the LFL is planning to launch a six team Canadian league in 2012, which will include a franchise right here in the City of Cha…

Regina has no curb-side recycling program in place. Residents can pay $93/yr for a private recycler to pick up by-weekly. Hi Louis [Browne], I hope you had a good Summer. Assuming Regina makes 1/4 as much waste as Edmonton, we should get $2,000,000 to employ people who sort/sell trash at our landfill. I’ve been realizing [...]

Happy Monday!
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame: The Esks spank the Ti-Cats, we discuss a report that says college athletes should be paid, Drew Doughty is a no-show at Kings camp, Buffalo’s Tyler Myers cashes in, an early look at Ryan Nugent-Hopkins a…

… or at least on my way out of Edmonton… Arrived late the other night for a day full of meetings yesterday… and leaving 36 hours later. I don’t mind these quick biz trips as long as they are worthwhile (i.e., I accomplish what I came to accomplish) and that one accepts the fact that [...]

Happy Monday!
It’s another jam-packed week on 15 Minutes of Fame, as we hit our 50th episode!
This week: Will Sidney Crosby miss time this season? Will the SJ Sharks finally get that Stanley Cup this year and is Drew Doughty going to be a holdout for…

I hope no one will be offended if I take a moment to publicize…

The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, the most prestigious name in short film script contests, has earned one more honour: a triple play festival screening of all three CSSC short films: ‘Rusted Pyre’, “Minus Lara’ and ‘Seeing In The Dark’ as part of the 2011 Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF). Continue reading →

This is not the type of thing I usually write about, but…This is one the few photos of my dad that I have, standing outside the Alberta Legislature in his RCAF uniform. Hard to say what the year is, or how old he is. I barely had any time with my fat…

This is not the type of thing I usually write about, but…This is one the few photos of my dad that I have, standing outside the Alberta Legislature in his RCAF uniform. Hard to say what the year is, or how old he is. I barely had any time with my father, and never got to know him at all. On a blistering cold December 18th day he died, and that was it. The memory images of that day are bizarre

A World’s Fair? Really?

Toxic pollutants have been found in the Athabasca River in Edmonton, near oilsands sites, but luckily the pollutants are at “insignificant levels.” So naturally no one seems to be concerned. Including Alberta’s environmental minister, the Honourable Rob Renner. Now old Lu may not be much for the book readin’ or the school learnin’ or even [...]

Battle of Alberta’s Andy Grabia put me on to a new report out of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs in Columbus, Ohio.It looks at the economic benefits of the Arena district in Columbus.Ironically, Patrick Laforge, newly appointed arena salesman s…

Battle of Alberta’s Andy Grabia put me on to a new report out of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs in Columbus, Ohio.It looks at the economic benefits of the Arena district in Columbus.Ironically, Patrick Laforge, newly appointed arena salesman s…