Prp-Palestine protestors were ousted from UofA by City Police shut down their gathering. Not to be deterred some of the protestors moved to Churchill Square and outside City Hall. A group then moved indoors to attend council’s meeting at 1:30 p.m. and met a stronger security presence than usual.Mayor Amarjeet Sohi pleaded with the chamber after several requests to the gallery to remain quiet after they interjected verbally, snapped their fingers to show support, or scoffed at responses they disliked.The protesters seemed mostly concerned with the way Edmonton Police broke up the UofA protest.

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For years Archie Gould told his co-workers that he could play piano but never had his chance to prove it till this week. Gould, who is part of a specialized painting crew was painting near near the Milner Library and one of the crew spotted a a piano through the window. During their lunch break first day on the job Gould sat down at the piano and played and played treating his co-workers to a performance on the public piano. Field supervisor Kerrie Yates recorded that first performance and uploaded it. As of Wednesday afternoon the video had more than half a million views.

Just recently Edmontonions experienced the smoke from fires in BC. and Northern Alberta including the fires now threatening Fort McMurray. Thankfully the Edmonton YMCA has opened their facilities below for any evacuees who may use the facilities for no charge for the duration of the evacuation****************************************************************************************************EDMONTON, Alberta, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Tuesday, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo issued an evacuation order in several Fort McMurray neighbourhoods as a wildfire threatens the community.Evacuees can walk into any of the locations listed below and by showing photo ID may use the fac

Although I haven't personally visited that many restaurants but I know others who have and I keep from them about the burgeoning restaurant scene in Edmonton. I'm sure 150 professionals who comprised the judging panel tried to be fair but I wonder where the judges were from and if Edmonton may have been too far afield for them to venture. Although no restaurants made the list but Bar Bricco at 40 and Baiju & Little Hong King at number 50 are 2 bars that did. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************The list of Canada's 100 Best Restaurants of 2024 was revealed on Monday wit

INCOMPETENCE UNMASKEDWe had hoped debates over COVID-related issues in schools were long behind us.Unfortunately, deep into 2024, the Alberta Federation of Labour was still engaged in a lawsuit to give school boards the authority to slap masks back on kids.Let’s be clear about this, they were arguing not that kids should be allowed to wear face-coverings to school - their right to do so has not been under scrutiny.They were arguing that school boards should still be able to force all students to mask up, or be able to deny an education to a student who refuses.A three-judge panel finally slapped them down and said they had no legal basis for their argument that school boards retain this auth

This new world requires that we look at the Covid Experiment and decide the best way forward. It starts by analysing the results of Childrens' unexplained deaths and recommendations for vaccines for 6 month old babies with a booster in 3 months.

Keith Gerein is a journalist with the Edmonton Journal and his column today is in favor of the single-use item bylaw. He makes a very good argument, which I agree with. What he didn't give as many lines to what he referred to as an overreaching, foolish attempt at social control. And maybe it is, though at least some of the early evidence suggests that opinion is not as extensive as you might assume and that is of concern.I repeat that I am in favor and practiced the essence of the single-items use before it became a bylaw. My concern is that little by little governments at all levels are their positions and powers to extend control (bylaw, etc.) over soft issues such as Edmonton''s bylaw on

This morning, at 9:30 am, there will be a Public Hearing. On the agenda are a number of zoning amendments and changes to Neighbourhood Structure Plans. A proposal to permanently implement a Clean Energy Improvement Program is also up for discussion. In March 2022, the City launched the program as a pilot, and it was fully subscribed shortly after. An estimated $20 million from 2024 to 2027 is needed for the permanent program, supporting approximately 300 residential and 16 non-residential projects.On Tuesday, at 9:30 am, there will be a meeting of City Council. On the agenda are several reports, including the 2023 Edmonton Police Service Annual report, the 2023 Annual Report and 2024 Work Pl

There will be afternoon sittings of the Legislature Monday through Thursday. This morning, at 9:00 am, the Standing Committee on Families and Communities will meet to review the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts will meet on Tuesday at 8:00 am. On the agenda is the Mental Health and Addiction Annual Report, 2022-23.Alberta plans to expand mental health support classrooms in schools, with $148 million allocated over two years to CASA Mental Health. Premier Danielle Smith said that $40 million of that funding will go toward tripling the number of mental health classrooms to 60 by 2026, helping students with complex challenges. Each classroom

Mayor Sohi announced the formation of a 16 member task force on housing and houselessness saying they need to look beyond the issue which has been studied time & again. This task force is to look at reducing bureaucratic roadblocks, implementing solutions and finding creative, innovative ways of unlocking solutions including more non-market, supportive housing, as well as affordable housing. The task force is tasked with issues & problems that many communities are facing and we can only hope they offer solutions that don't depend on more from the public purse.

With the growing interest in alternate fuels international eyes are on the hydrogen industry in Alberta. Edmonton hosted the third installment of its annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention at the Convention Centre, What started three years ago with a modest 3,000, ballooned to a whopping 8,000 attendees this year as it ran from April 29 to May 1. Justin Riemer, CEO of Emissions Reduction Alberta said “Innovation always takes a number of years to take hold.” Innovation involves vision, success & failure. The vision for hydrogen is big but so is Alberta's expertise so they do not lose sight of their vision of hydrogen buses, hydrogen trains and even hydrogen communities.