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By Matti McCambridge
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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 Oulun Vesi, the Oulu water authority, has sent every Oulu home a pamphlet entitled “H2Oulu,” in which it discusses the intricacies of filtration and sewage, and its plan to obtain permission to supply the town’s water from groundwater sources. Currently, all Oulu’s water supply is pumped from the river.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Kaleva has reported another dog theft in Oulu. A valuable Karelian Bear Dog was stolen from its locked cage in the owner’s yard last Saturday in broad daylight. Two days later the dog was found by chance running loose near the university hospital. It was in good condition and had obviously been looked after by the person involved.
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By Matti McCambridge
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
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Oulu is to be overrun by midgets, according to immigration authorities. Pygmies recently ejected from their home in the Unda district of western Brazil met a Finnish crane-driver who suggested that Oulu was a nice place to live, and that they might be good at air guitar. Instead of resuming their slash-and-burn farming in another part of the rainforest, the entire Bulabula tribe will arrive in Oulu airport this Tuesday April 1. Comments (2) |
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
A survey conducted during 2006 and 2007 has ranked Oulu the top province in Finland for interaction between development and vocational education.
A total of 188 vocational institutes took part in the survey, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Education. The worst results were found in the province of Eastern Finland, while the best individual region was Kainuu in Oulu province.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
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Towns in northern Finland will soon experience a shortage of skilled workers and are already starting to look abroad to fill the gap, reports Oulu's Kaleva. Nearly every municipality needs nurses and practical nurses; Kainuu wants more metal workers; especially sought after are male teachers with Finnish language skills.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
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Kempele's shopping centre Zeppelin is offering summer jobs to local Kempele business students over a period of ten weeks. The store and the class first cooperated in December 2007 when students were recruited to organise programs for their Christmas opening.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
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E-concerthouse, a music distribution portal, has opened a digital note library that anyone can use free of charge. The library has been produced by the School of Music at Oulu University of Applied Sciences (formerly Polytechnic) and is maintained by the university's library. The collection of notes is at least initially based on the private collection of Kari Kuosmanen, one of the university's lecturers. Comments (1) |
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Friday, 28 March 2008 |
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The historic Merijal candy factory in Tuira is being demolished to make room for new expensive apartments. Construction of seven new buildings starts in April. The first buildings will have views of Hietasaari.
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By Edward Dutton
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 ‘I’ve never seen so many female priests together in one place before in my life!’ commented one senior male pastor at Sunday’s celebrations for women priests in the Oulu Diocese.
Hosted by the Bishop of Oulu and his wife at Oulu’s ‘Bishop’s Palace’, the party was thrown to mark twenty years since Finland first ordained female clergy. It was packed with women priests –and their husbands – from all around the Diocese which stretches from Lapland down to Kokkola.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
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Traffic at Rotuaari has been a problem for the city for some time now. Kaleva reported on the new plans to reclaim it for its original use. Hundreds of cars use the pedestrian area in the Oulu centre for various purposes. There are the deliveries, taxis and just drive-through traffic. Between 257 and 307 cars were counted on one Tuesday and one Thursday in January 2008.
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By Virpi Hattukangas
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
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In an effort to act environmentally and encourage customers to choose the paperless option for their broadband invoices, Sonera announced that it would start charging customers one euro for each paper invoice. Many customers subsequently complained to the Consumer Agency about Sonera’s planned charges. After considering the matter, the Agency has now resolved to back the customers and has expressed its disapproval of Sonera’s plans.
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By Matti McCambridge
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
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 According to a national transport survey, men use public transport less than women. Children, teenagers, and women of all ages use public transport regularly. Oulu bus service Koskilinja’s traffic chief Mika Paakkari was quick to confirm the results of the survey. “Most of our passengers aren’t men.”
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By Matti McCambridge
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Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
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New parking arrangements around Oulu airport are causing problems for both drivers and airport staff, reports Oulu newspaper Kaleva. From February 4, the round car park facing the airport terminal was reserved exclusively for hire cars, disableds, and taxis, but most passengers and their families have ignored warning signs and continued to park in the circle.
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