What started out as a sleepy campaign of shoo-in incumbents in Edmonton's municipal elections has turned an unexpected corner this summer as -- seemingly out of the blue -- "volunteers" began appearing on street corners and canvassing major events for signatures to keep the Edmonton City Centre Airport open.
The airport has served as a secondary airport, mainly for private jets, pilot training and medevac flights. It has not had scheduled passenger flights since a plebiscite in 1995 consolidated scheduled traffic at the Edmonton International Airport.
2.jpg "David Climenhaga, author of the Alberta Diary blog, is a journalist, author, journalism teacher, poet and trade union communicator who has worked in senior writing and editing positions with the Toronto Globe and Mail and the Calgary Herald. His 1995 book, A Poke in the Public Eye, explores the relationships among Canadian journalists, public relations people and politicians. He left journalism after the strike at the Calgary Herald in 1999 and 2000 to work as Communications Director of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, which with more than 73,000 members is Alberta’s largest union and Canada’s 10th largest. Alberta Diary focuses on Alberta politics and social issues. Contact: albertadiary @ gmail.com")
