Macleans Magazine's Ranking of Best high schools in Canada

...and the first listed under "Top Overall" is the school I graduated from 17 years ago, Jasper Place. My friends and I always thought it was good - it was amusing how as a newcomer to Edmonton (moved in January of Grade 9) various people I met expressed shock that I would choose to go to JP, because it was "too rough". How times change ...

Loyal royal Girl Guide - a Crown Princess!

The VP of the Girl Guide Association of Malaysia is also the Crown Princess of Pahang, but has participated actively in Guiding according to this article

Guiding lights in Ottawa

Two Senior Branches members from Ottawa were chosen to go on international Guiding trips this summer and were profiled in the Ottawa Sun.

Environmental Tragedy at Wabamun Lake

A CN train derailed on August 3 near Lake Wabamun , just west of Edmonton (and where I've taken 2 sets of sailing lessons in the past), spilling oil and a hazardous chemical into the lake. Our next door neighbours have a cabin at Wabamun (usually go there every weekend) and state "the summer is over".

Interesting how today in the Edmonton Journal a full-page ad of apology from the CN Rail CEO includes a link to the above site, which includes information on how to take legal action/get compensation from CN.

What I've been listening to lately ...

Ed and I both really like the newest radio station in Edmonton, SONiC 102.9 (Modern Rock) (though of course now that they're more established there are getting to be more commercials...). Which led me to realize that I really like Billy Talent, a band that we heard live at the 2004 Junos in Edmonton (and on TV at the 2005 Junos) - neither time were we at all impressed, so I now figure they must have had an exceptionally bad sound mix at the Junos or something.