Edmonton's Countdown to 2010 Is On!
New Year's Eve revellers have plenty of options to choose from in welcoming the new decade BY EMIL TIEDEMANN T IME sure flies, eh?! It certainly doesn't seem like TEN YEARS ago that the world was up in arms over the whole Y2K debacle, but a whole decade has come and (nearly) gone since then. In between we've witnessed a couple of wars, the first black U.S. President, Hurricane Katrina & the Asian tsunami, the worst recession since the "dirty '30s," the deaths of Saddam Hussein and Michael Jackson , and of course, the September 11th terrorist attacks (or, depending on who you ask, the Bush administration conspiracy). In that same time zone, Edmonton has gone through its own transitions, just not as severe as the rest of the globe. The Oilers came that close to a 6th Stanley Cup championship, we elected a new mayor , Fort Road and Alberta Avenue went through a rejuvination period, NAIT grew, the Cromdale closed, Klondike Days became Capital Ex , and ...
