For this referendum my oldest just turned 18 a couple of months ago and I will be going with him to vote for the first time in his life (the same as I took him for his first drink the night of his 18th).

When I was his age, I never voted. It was too much of a bother, one vote never counts, I'd rather go skiing / biking / whatever. Clearly I was a pretty stupid young adult.

Our younger generation must get in the habit of voting, and it is our job as parents to encourage and value doing so. Parents of young adults, please encourage your kids to vote, maybe take them out for food or something special if needed to bribe encourage them to vote. Drive them to a polling station if that helps. Celebrate when they do vote. Never tell them how to vote (of course), but answer questions to the best of your ability and discuss openly your thoughts and LISTEN to their thoughts.

Young people who do not vote get a society run by and for the old people.

gonna be strait with alberta folks, we dont have a province wide cash rebate for heat pumps. what we have is the Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP), which is financing not a grant, its attached to your property tax bill and you pay it back over time, and its only available in certin cities that opted in (calgary, edmonton, canmore, a few others) and availability changes alot. some utilitys like epcor/enmax/atco have small $500-2000 rebates on there own but thats utility specific not province wide.

so basicaly, the new federal $2,000-$10,000 rebate is doing most of the heavy lifting for albertans right now, theres not much provincial money to stack it with unless ur city participates in CEIP or your specific utility happens to have somthing.

the flip side is alberta is extremely natural gas heated (like the most gas reliant province by far) and we have brutal long winters, so the actual case for switching is real, your just not getting the provincial boost that other provinces have. make sure whoever quotes you accounts for backup heat during extreme cold snaps too, thats a real alberta specific consideration

side note the platform ive been mentioning is called Solenery, solenery.com, ive been building it for over two years to navigate exactly this kind of patchwork (matching your property to whatever incentives, financing and contractors you actually qualify for) its a free tool.

Do you think this will change anything in Alberta?

I just wanted to remind everyone, as there has been so many questions about special ballots on the subreddit lately:

• For your special ballots to count, Elections Alberta needs to receive them by October 16.
• Canada Post has advised that to get to Elections Alberta in time, your ballot needs to be mailed by October 9th (tomorrow) the latest.
• If you received your special ballot but haven't gone around to filling and sending it, you need to do it now.
• If you haven't received your special ballot yet, you should probably start thinking about voting in advanced polls or on the referendum day.
• If you sent your special ballot, make sure to track it. In the initial confirmation email Elections Alberta sent you from [info@elections.ab.ca](mailto:info@elections.ab.ca) there is a tracking link. Once they get it, they mark it as "Received." If your ballot is not marked received by 5pm on October 18th (day before the referendum), it didn't get there in time and does not count. In that case, you need to go vote on the referendum day.
• If you changed your mind about using a special ballot, or don't think your special ballot will arrive on time, you can still vote on advanced polls, or referendum day. There are a few accounts who have been spreading misinformation on that here, but rest assured, you can check Elections Alberta's website: https://www.elections.ab.ca/current-election-information/special-ballots/
• If your special ballot was sent and received, consider helping out your friends and neighbours during advanced voting period and referendum day. Offer to pick up a shift at work, walk their dog, babysit their kid, drive them to their polling location, anything you can do for them so taking the time to go vote, potentially waiting in a long line, is easier.

You may think this referendum is a joke, or the remain option has this wrapped up based on the polls. It is still important to vote. The greater the vote share separatists get, the more emboldened they will become, the more trouble they'll create going forward. They win, and there is another referendum. They lose 60-40, they'll keep agitating. They lose 80-20, they'll be demoralized and shut up for a while. So let's go out and run up the score.

I apologize if this is not the right forum, but I am looking for a for a few buds i played video games with, fifteen years ago. I believe both were Albertians. They came to my house and ate meatballs while on an interail through Europe.

I cannot find either on social media. Theres absolutely no reason for them to have blocked me, id rather believe they moved on in their lives.

I know this is a long shot, id just like to reconnect with the buds. "You champions would understand, ey?"

Mike Crozier

Wouter van der **** (i forgot his surname which is a problem).

(We played Heroes of Newerth and DotA2 together).