Публикации Reg Rygus RSSMon, 30 Dec 2024 16:40:11 GMTA young Edmonton, Madison Feehan has been working for NASA the past five years. In her most recent position with NSPIRES, NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System, Feehan is an executive panellist and peer reviewer for technology to determine if it has the merit to go to space and its relevance to upcoming NASA missions.Ever since she was in grade nine Feehan has had a strong interest in space exploration and science and been trying to commercialize ideas with NASA. One of the technologies Feehan is most passionate about is 3D printers like those built by Space Copy, the company which she is the founder and CEO.

]]>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:40:11 GMTThere are no Council or Committee meetings this week. The Agenda Review Committee will resume next week, followed by regularly scheduled meetings the week of January 13th.Tuesday is New Year’s Eve! Celebrations feature free activities across the city, including fireworks, live music, and family-friendly events. Churchill Square will host two fireworks displays - an early show at 8:00 pm for families and a traditional midnight display. There will also be skating, cultural performances, and food trucks. The ICE District Plaza will have a hockey watch party, live music by Jade Eagleson, and a midnight fireworks finale. There will be free transit after 6:00 pm and extended service hours to make the festivities accessible for everyone.

]]>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:33:46 GMTThe advent of digital photography plus the marriage of cameras and mobile phones has propelled photography into a new orbit. In additions to the millions of photos taken every day there countless numbers of people in various stages in the art of photography. Local photographer Gamal Mohamed is one who has took an interest in photography about 4 years ago and after some time realized he was growing tired of landscape photography. The about 2 years ago he mentioned this to a friend who introduced Gamal to street photography and it has captured his eye ad been his focus ever since.

]]>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:26:53 GMTThe creation account in the Bible begins with the following: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. Genesis 1:1-3 Those verses of scripture introduce an important principle whether applied actually or metaphorically ...there is only one way to get rid of darkness and that is by turning on a light.The Jewish tradition of lighting a menorah serves as a visual reminder of how much we need Light to extinguish the world's darkness and the largest menorah in Alberta will be lit Sunday, Dec. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in a Hanukkah ceremony open to the public at the Alberta Legislature.Although the menorah lighting is a Jewish tradition most of the world's religions and cultures have a visual expression that extols Light, hence all the lights we see during this holiday season. Let there be light!

]]>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:40:28 GMTNow that the holiday season is coming to an end many are wondering what to do with their unwanted holiday leftovers. Wrappings, ribbons, bows, bags, boxes, decorations, lghts, batteries, real and artificial trees may have all reached their "best before time" for you and its time to get rid of them. Before you start emptying the house of holiday waste you may want to consider what Neil Burkard of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre says about the right way to get rid of holiday waste and which is to start by putting the those things you no longer want where it belongs.

]]>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:48:41 GMTIts no secret that Canada Post is on course to lose over $800 million dollars this year so the recent strike by Canada Post focused much of the public attention on the postal carriers. When considering the Canada Post Management Salaries below it may be time for a Canadian equivalent to the USA's newly formed Department Of Government Efficiency.

]]>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:05:27 GMTAlthough January is the coldest month of the year that doesn't mean the city hibernates, far from it. Although It may not be that noticeable the days are getting longer so there's more daylight hours to join in the "something for everyone" EDIFY list below.

]]>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:17:24 GMTThe 1,308 firefighters who are members of Edmonton Fire Fighter Union Local 209 had been without a contract since Dec. 22, 2018. The new agreement that has been reached with the City of Edmonton is for 2018-2023 and the wage increases total 10.3 per cent. With population growth comes an increase in the number of calls to the city’s Edmonton Fire Rescue Services. Between 2018 and 2021 the call volume was about 55,000 calls per year, then increased to 80,000 calls in 2022 and about 95,000 calls in 2023 which Edmonton Fire Fighter Union Local 209 says justifies the increase.,

]]>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 15:55:31 GMT84% of the Education Assistants who work with the Edmonton Public School voted to reject the latest wage cap offer. There is a great gulf between the disputes inquiry board offer of 2.75% and the CUPE's request for a number close to 30%. The president of CUPE Local 3550, Mandy Lamoureux said educational assistants will be at work on staff for the first day of school when students return from Christmas break. As of today Edmonton Public Schools has not received strike notice from the union.

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