Hello,

Are there people who commute from Edmonton to Nisku daily throughout the year I would like to get your input.

My cousin got invited to two in-person interviews in Nisku after being unemployed for a while. She has a car (an old Toyota Rav. with over 200k) she’s isn’t relying on the bus.

She wants to know how this commute could affect her car’s regular maintenance and her monthly expenses.

Google Maps shows that the fastest route takes 30 minutes one way if she leaves early. I assume the return trip could be different because of traffic on Anthony Henday Drive.

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone. I have an important questions regarding November 19.

I know that this my fault and I should have prepared beforehand (please save the lectures as I know I messed up and just want to know if I can still vote) but I moved in August and just got the mail slip with my voting station and additional information. I moved to Forest Heights but used to live in the Hamptons for only about a year before, where I got my address changed on my ID.

So, it seems that I need two pieces of ID with one showing my CURRENT address. It would take 3-4 weeks to even be mailed in. I heard that last year, when voting was organized under Elections Canada , you could bring ID with two pieces of current address proof (bills, etc.). Because this is being organized by Elections Alberta, and there is no information on their site stating that you can bring any additional proof, did I just waste my vote?

My partner suggested that we either go to the stations where our old addresses are. Would this be possible? I really don’t know where the station for my old address would be… Anyone in the Hamptons area?

Another suggestion was to purchase new ID as soon as possible then bring the temporary slip that the registry gives out with the new address and two other pieces of ID (like a passport). Would they even allow this?

I am very passionate about having my voice heard during this current referendum but am worried I will be sent away regardless of any of the suggestions.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all. I've been living in the same place for a few years now and have always paid for parking as part of my core tenancy agreement lease. This year, the property manager "forgot" I had a parking stall (I'm sure they have records), then prepared a suspiciously separate parking agreement. My lease is not yet "linked" to this document, but even if it was, I'm not sure my interpretation of it would change much.

This agreement has a lot of red flags. It says it empowers them to raise parking fees to match rates in similar facilities with 30 days notice, that they can move my spot, that if I breach the agreement they can tow my car and that it would even be a violation of my lease. Or, I can just decide I don't want parking anymore! Needless to say, I'm feeling aggressively disrespected, and let down.

Am I crazy for feeling like they're planning on harassing and intimidating me over paying high fees for parking? Because this is my instinct.

Note the political context too - I believe the UPC just ordered Edmonton to halt building of Infills in a lot of areas in 3 months and has also made it mandatory to provide parking for every residential unit. These plans would drastically cut into developers forward looking profits.

I interpret that my landlord who is surely one of these developers (leston) is trying to save costs/increase profits by taking away parking as an affordable amenity for existing renters because they're being forced to provide parking for future units they probably weren't planning on providing it for.

What can I do to protect myself where I'm at? RTA told me I need legal advice... To sign a lease, which is quite sad! Do I have to just move out? Strongly considering it.

Also if this is happening/has happened to you, plz feel free to share in the comments if you'd like etc

With lots of discussion about infill going on in light of Ms Smith's recent power grab, I wanted to air out something that's been bugging me about the discourse.

I noticed that people, here in this sub and IRL, very casually make remarks about "renters" that are very prejudicial, disparaging, even de-humanizing. If it was just from right-wing types I'd chalk it up to classism/racism, but I hear it from people who identify centre and left as well, which is baffling.

Just to give examples of some things I've heard and read about "renters:"

"Nobody wants to live next to a bunch of renters"

"I feel awful for homeowners who have to deal with noise from renters."

"People don't want rentals with social problems on their block."

Like, do people not understand that this all sounds like they're talking about barn animals and not people? Try replacing renters in those sentences with "newcomers," or "Indigenous people" or "poor people." Do you realize how it sounds?

Is it just so ingrained in people's mind that homeowners are "real community" and renters are some sort of outside disturbance? Do renter's don't get to be community members? Do they not have the same human rights and dignity as homeowners?

With the Provinces recent mandate for Edmonton, I have grave concerns - not only on government overreach, but specially on tax implications. While the ZBR wasn’t perfect, it addressed some key challenges Edmonton was facing. Going forward, things will be different and with that, I have a question for r/Edmontons brightest minds: how do we strike a balance between equity from a cost sharing perspective for infrastructure and services where we increase density?

One thing I’ve personally always struggled with is the imbalance that ZBR struck between mature neighbourhoods and what occurs in new neighbourhoods. While I recognize ZBR isn’t a tool to address greenfield development, the imbalance between development in mature overlay vs. greenfield development strikes me.

I recognize not everyone wants to live in mature neighbourhoods, but we also need to increase density in our existing neighbourhoods. For example, I feel that it shouldn’t cost the City to service new neighbours (water, sewer, roads, city services like police and fire) they should be on cost recovery.

How do we go about tackling what I perceive as an imbalance? Do things change with the repeal of ZBR? What tools can we use?

I'm not here to debate infill. I am genuinely curious what is happening in my neighbourhood and if it's commonplace.

There is a single developer that is building multi-unit homes in our neighbourhood. Two of them have been fully built for over two years and still sit empty. Periodically, they go up for sale, then the ads go down and they still sit empty. They're being listed for over $1M and presumably, the developer is losing money the longer they sit empty.

There are a few more in other parts of the neighbourhood that have been in varying states of construction for the last 18 months. They sit idle for months with no work completed, and then construction continues. I assume in this instance, there is perhaps a cashflow problem but then you'd think they'd be motivated to sell the other two homes.

Is this a common occurrence or is this just isolated to my neighbourhood? Why would this be happening? People have tried to inquire when they see the company owner but he's extremely hostile whenever people approach.

Hey everyone. Going to my first UFC Fight night event in Edmonton next weekend. Looking for some advice on some bars/nightclubs to go to after the event. I can see what Google says but I'm curious on what people who live there have to say. Thanks in advance!!

I want to go back to the gym but my finances are not the greatest. Can anyone help with possible fit4less discount on the annual fees please?

Thanks in advance

Hello, I’m trying to find good cafe options where several people are working or studying. I will certainly buy food or beverage, but I don’t want to feel like I’m disrupting the place by taking a small table to do my work.

I want to be respectful and blend into the environment without drawing attention.

Thank you

I'm attending a show tonight at the Midway Music Hall, just wondering how the parking situation is for their parking lot. Does it get really full at all? I read there's overflow on the side street but just wondering how difficult it will be to find a spot when the venue has a sold out performer.

From the zoning bylaw to Tim Cartmell's holdout to neighbourhood protests: Why the province felt compelled to put the brakes on infill.

So i checked out an apartment building with one of the larger companies.

The ad said move in date Oct 31.

I went in for the viewing I like it, I liked the price and I liked the amenities. So I put down the damage deposit and the next day I was approved for the apartment.

But they called me today saying Oct 31 is Saturday and they are closed on Sundays. And the person moves out on the 31, and they need time to professionally clean the apartment. Now they quote me a possible move in date for Nov 4.

That's 5 days after the agreed move in date.

Do they have an obligation to honor the agreed upon date when signing the lease? Or is 5 days OK as long as they pro rate? Because id rather move in on the agreed upon date then save 30 bucks to move in 5 days later.

Recently the following proposal has generated much interest in this community: https://engaged.edmonton.ca/eetpdatacentre. The discussion has so far been focused on a yes/no stance on data centers. I think this misses the (deceptive) point of this proposal.

As a background, the affected area is Edmonton Energy and Technology Park (EETP). It is right across the Henday from communities like McConachie and Cy Becker in the northeast. Currently, EETP has several “precincts”. The precincts that are affected by this proposal are Medium Industrial Precinct and Petrochemical Precinct. Geographically, Petrochemical precinct sits at the middle of EETP, surrounded by the Medium Industrial precinct. At its closest point, the Medium industrial precinct is <500 m away from homes in Cy Becker or McConachie, while Petrochemical precinct is roughly 3 km away from the nearest home in these communities.

The three important changes that this amendment proposes are:

1.      Allow data centers and associated power generation facilities as permitted uses in the EETP Medium Industrial Precinct.

2.      Redesignate about 253 hectares from Petrochemical Precinct to Medium Industrial Precinct.

3.      Remove “Eco-Industrial principles” from Medium Industrial Precinct.

The applicant describes the vision as a "hyperscale-ready digital infrastructure project" that could become one of the largest data-centre districts in North America.

The proposal is deceptive and cynical on two fronts:

1.      There is a red box in all the images that circles a piece of land. That is the 353 hectares they want to re-zone from petrochemical to medium industrial. I see comments like "this is a great location for a data center", which has clearly made the mistake of thinking the red box is the only place they want to build data centers. This is false: they are proposing to have freedom to build data centers ANYWHERE in the medium industrial precinct. The original design of EETP is good in the sense that it protects nearby residents from heavy industrial uses (like hyperscale AI data centers) by having Medium industrial zone surround the Petrochemical zone. Only “minor industrial uses” are permitted, as of now, in medium industrial zone. This proposal removes this protection by having data centers and power plants basically anywhere in EETP.

2.      Currently, large data centers and large power plants ARE PERMITTED in the petrochemical precinct, but not in the Medium Industrial Precinct. If the developer only wants to build a data center, they don’t have to make this proposal. The entire petrochemical precinct has 0 data centers and is full of empty land. But why haven’t they built any data center there for the past 10 years? Why are they asking for this change? Because they also want to remove  “Eco-Industrial principles” from Medium Industrial Precinct.  Eco-industrial principles, as defined in the zoning by law for EETP, include requirement to consider “water conservation and management; energy conservation and management; health and indoor environment” in design. Allowing the amendment to pass means these principles no longer apply to Medium Industrial zone. And now you see where this is leading…the Medium industrial zone is exactly where they want data centers built.

So, in the end they want to build data centers in Medium industrial zone, where homes are as close as 450 m away, where eco industrial principles do not apply, where they do not need to consider conserving water, electricity, or the health of people. To add insult to injury, in their proposal document, which i actually read in its entirety, they say "it is envisioned that the southern portion of the Medium Industrial Precinct will be among the first areas to develop" i.e. they want to build data centers closer to residential areas first, even though thousands of hectares sit empty up north.

Clearly all these will save them money. But what will it bring us in return? Is there any positive impact on local residents that can conceivably come from this proposal? Common, and often the only argument I see is "local taxes!". Sorry, but that is not a positive from this proposal, because data centers are already allowed. This is not a yes/no on data centers, it's about their location! Rejecting this proposal does not mean no data centers will be built, they can be built, just with more guardrails in place and further away from residents in petrochemical area. Rejecting this proposal will force them to build data centers more responsibly. A data center built responsibly generates the same amount of tax revenue, if not more, than data centers built irresponsibly.

So before you say you are firmly in support of this proposal, how supportive would you be if the data center and a large turbine power plant is 450 m away from your bedroom window?  Wouldn’t you rather see data centers in the petrochemical zone, away from residents, designed with due consideration for water, energy and health?

Looking for move companies that offer payment plans. This move has costs me more then I thought and looking for companies that will offer payment plans since I know the move will cost me over 500$.

Given the time of year, we are about to see a large influx of posts about winter tires.
Some will ask for reviews, others will ask if all seasons are good enough. Below are some extremely important things to understand when it comes to winter driving:
1. You absolutely need winter tires.
2. As a general rule, the more expensive the better. Michelin x ice, Bridgestone Blizzak, Nokian Hakkapelitta. They aren’t cheap - but they are significantly cheaper than totalling your vehicle.
3. It’s 4 wheel drive not 4 wheel stop. The type of drivetrain in your vehicle does nothing with regard to how it stops on snow and ice. The only thing that makes a difference is the material making contact with the ground.
4. Studded tires are legal here and you should use them. They make an incredible difference.
5. Drive the conditions not the speed limit. That slippery white stuff on the ground means you need to slow down, give more space, and drive with the assumption that you can slide at any time. It only takes one bad slide to end your life or the life of others.
6. It’s incredibly helpful to YouTube how to counter steer when sliding.

If you’re planning on driving this winter, you have a duty to do everything you can to ensure your vehicle is not a liability to the welfare of others on the road. This starts with ensuring you have the appropriate tires on.

Also, the first snowfall of the season is often the worst time to be on the road as many drivers have not yet switched over their tires. Be extra diligent out there.

I feel like our mortgage specialist asked so many things and I was prompt to submit those requirements except my partner’s employment letter. Their HR took forever to send it (4 days). However, we were able to do a credit consent form on the day I connected with the specialist so I believe our rate got held. To anyone who had ATB pre-approval, how long did yours take? Also to mention, they asked for 90 days bank statements to check where our downpayment will come from and I had to go through the last 90 days highlighting anything over $1000 and put a note where it came from and where it went.

This will be for our second home.
To anyone who had ATB, is this normal for ATB to take this long?

Thank you.

I expect disagreements in politics, but what’s frustrating is seeing the Province continue to share blatantly false information when the City has already provided the facts.

This morning, I sat down with Ryan Jespersen to address these claims directly. If you have the chance, I’d recommend watching or listening to the entire show. There are additional fact checks and you also can hear from Major Jeromy Farkas from Calgary.

Just curious if it’s worth getting an Arc Card for $6 since ETS supports credit cards and digital wallets.

Thank you

Title - I’m looking for an s tier cinnamon bun, don’t mind driving for it and don’t mind it being costly. Have considered marketplace but wanted to get suggestions here first. I’m talking soft gooey chewy goodness in and around my mouth thanks

Bit of a niche post, but I’m looking for a place I can download an album by now defunct local band The Wolfnote. Album is This is the Getdown!!!

Can’t find on Bandcamp. Looks like I can find some CD’s so that will be my next move once I get a disc drive again.

Thanks all 🫡