While Edmonton’s municipal election is just over four months away, and the nomination deadlines for candidates is equally distant (think Sept 20 for the nom deadline, and Oct 20 18 for the election itself), that hasn’t stopped a group of young upstarts from creating the alternative media homebase of Edmonton’s 2010 Municipal Election.
The Friday before a long weekend is always tough. No one wants to be at work — in fact, some people take this Friday off. Like everyone in my office. But I’m not going to leave you, dear reader. I wouldn’t dream of it. Because I’m a robot and robots don’t dream. Besides, if I’m [...]
Last week, I heard from Twitter that Ed Hardy — the fashion choice of mouthbreathing bargoers and Jersey Shore watchers (and characters) — had a line of wines. The problem was they were only available in Calgary (at least as far as I could tell). Thankfully, the fantastic Lisa McRitchie — an Unknown Studio agent [...]
A while back I wrote an article about foursquare talking about how it was a great tool for getting to know your city. For those of you new to the party, I’ll explain. foursquare is an online game that takes place in your city. You get points every time you check in somewhere. Add a [...]
I don’t think it’s a secret that Scott and I are fans of Global Edmonton 6 0′clock news co-anchor Lynda Steele. She’s a pillar of the community, a big Edmonton booster, and an all-around great woman. So we decided to invite her onto the show to get her perspective on living and working in Edmonton [...]
There’s nothing quite like doodling or sketching something to pass the time. Oh sure, you should be taking notes, but instead you’re drawing an epic stickman battle involving helicopters and entire platoons of poorly-drawn men. Or maybe you’re just randomly drawing lines or geometric patterns. For influencial Edmonton Twitter user @steenyweeny (known to some as [...]