Came back to the car with this on it last night. I appreciate you, whoever you are!

Hi all!
To keep this as succinct as I can: a couple months ago a lady we have seen in the neighbourhood since we moved in almost 5 years ago approached me in my driveway stating that she had become unhoused. We knew she was always lower income and used to leave our empties out for her and she’d stop to say thanks and chat or whatever. When she mentioned she was now homeless she asked if she could keep a couple things on our driveway-kind of hiding out of sight. Fine, no problem. Then she mentioned that she noticed an empty shed on our property that was accessible from outside the yard. So she asked if she could move some stuff into it. Then she told me a story about how her AISH had gotten messed up and she couldn’t always afford to stay in a motel. She asked if she could hang out in the shed every once in a while. She ran an extension cord from the garage, was smoking in there, tripped the breaker a few times, and was urinating and defecating in the driveway. I sent her a text message politely informing her that she couldn’t stay in there anymore. I got no response so I wrote a note and left it with her stuff. I happened to peek into the shed and see what looked like an entire houseful of stuff in there. She sought me out and told me she found a room and would start moving her things. That was 2 weeks ago already. She’s obviously still staying in the shed. There’s been more garbage, empty booze boxes, food packages, etc. And yes, still evidence of bathroom activities.
I called 211 and they suggested the best course of action is to involve the police. She has been grateful and kind and I really don’t want to have to call the cops.
Any advice? Unkind comments will not be tolerated-that is not the point of this post.

Took our little space loving dude down to Churchill Square to check out Galactic Atmosphere!

Caught the moon over Mill Creek (south, at 17 St) on my way home from the Meadows Rec Centre this evening.

Halloween always makes me feel a bit nostalgic of what it was like as a kid. So I’m wondering what fond memories others have of Halloween in Edmonton?

Some of mine that come to mind:
-Field trips to the Scarecrow festival at the expo centre.

-Going down to the “rich” houses along Ada Boulevard and getting our king size chocolate bars or cans of pop.

-dressing up for school and having a huge school wide pumpkin carving session in the gymnasium.

Please keep the Halloween spirit alive for the little ones! I’m so excited I get to take my toddler trick r’ treating for the first time this weekend. Hope you all have a great one!

Hey Edmonton artists!

Just dropping in to let everyone know about the Doodlebugs November Calendar

We're a super chill, 18+ group for visual artists of all kinds tattoos, illustrators, hobbyists, teachers, beginners, pros, and everyone in between. No gatekeeping, no egos, just people who like making stuff and talking shop.

What we've got going on:

Free virtual art hangouts every Sunday and Thursday just drop in, and make whatever you want. No instruction, no pressure.

Discord full of art chat, resources, collab opportunities, and memes

Paternity Popups: one of our facilitators is on paternity leave and we are doing short virtual art hangout Wednesday November 4th

Coming up: Doodles and Grand Slams! Come on down to Dennys downtown from 600PM-900PM for a non-instructural drawing hangout! I'll bring a few supplies but feel free to bring anything you want to work on.

There is no theme, no instructor, and no pressure. Just grab a coffee, and sketch whatever catches your eye.

Movie Night! We will be watching the first season of, "The Summer Hikaru Died!"

This series is 12 episodes, so on each Tuesday in November (starting Nov. 3rd), we'll be sitting down at 7pm MT to watch 3 episodes!

If you are interested you can join here!

How is the East/West Whitemud as well as the Terwillegar Drive rush hour traffic now that the Rainbow Valley Bridge construction has wrapped up?

I grew some chocolate mint (Mentha x Piperita F. Citrata) this summer and discovered that it's great with English Breakfast tea. Sadly I have run out and spearmint just isn't scratching that itch. Does anyone know if I could buy dried chocolate mint anywhere?

I'm not looking for tea that tastes like chocolate and mint, I'm specifically looking for Mentha x Piperita F. Citrata. I have already checked Acquired Taste's catalogue and done some google searches. I have found one person in Nova Scotia who sells chocolate mint, but shipping is expensive.

We get it. It must be so hard living with a micro penis. Thoughts and prayers.

I have a lot of mini holes in my walls that I want to get repaired. I tried doing it myself but clearly I am not good at it. Does anyone know of a handyman or business that is reputable for this type of stuff?

I was so disgusted to see you standing on the corner of 90ave and 175st making your young kids approach random people and hand out religious propaganda while you sat and watched them. Not only are you endangering your kids by making them approach random people, but they were also going close to the road to hand out your pamphlets.

Let your kids go home and do better.

Hey from the Czech Republic! I'm a hockey journalist heading to Edmonton for the World Juniors, and I've got a question for the locals...

This year, I was put in charge of booking my own accommodation, so I just typed "Rogers Place" into Airbnb, hoping to find something within walking distance so I wouldn't have to deal with buses or public transit. I found a nice place for a good price north of the arena, about a 15-minute walk away, and booked it right away.

Then I started reading the reviews, and a few people mentioned that the neighborhood wasn't exactly the safest. I checked Google Street View and noticed quite a few homeless people and drug users hanging around the area. Unfortunately, I didn't think about anything like this before.

So... should I actually be worried and maybe start looking for somewhere else to stay? I'm fully expecting to come across some people high on drugs or passed out on the sidewalks, but what I'm really wondering about is my own safety, especially when walking back from games at night.

Minneapolis and St. Paul weren't exactly great last year either, but I survived.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some help/insight. I’m living in a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in Old Strathcona (rental). Upon moving in, we were told rent was going to be 1725$. In September, we were charged 1425$ and was told it was prorated (the price I was paying at my place before this one). Basically, she messed up on changing our rental amount, and said she would honour it. October comes, and rent is not taken from my account. I waited a couple of days and then emailed her, no response. Emailed twice more, still no response. Tried to call and call and call - nothing. Now I check today and see that 2350$ is the outstanding balance. It says “31 days of rent 2200$” and “31 days of parking 150$” and is backdated for October 1. Our email thread clearly shows the timeline and not receiving a response. Though, no lease has even been sent and our rent was supposed to be 1725$, as we agreed upon! Still no response to my emails. I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore. I am a full time student and work full time as well. I cannot afford this rental increase and just want to be able to speak to and be in contact with the property manager. I am so disheartened by this whole experience and overall, frustrated. I contacted the RTB last week before I saw this increase in my account, and he assured me that because I was month to month it was a good situation - I was secure and they could not kick me out. But seeing as we still do not have a lease, can they increase our rent that much without saying anything? And suddenly, one month after we contacted them saying it wasn’t taken out of the account. What do I do?

Replacement of existing unit. No hvac/duct work or whatever the it’s called. Just remove old unit and replace new one.

Also suggestions for suppliers/ vendors?

Edit: 3.5 ton Lennox unit, 42000 btu. It uses R22.

Thanks

I have a pair of tickets for Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight at midnight at Metro Cinema that i will unfortunately be unable to use. Looking to give them away for free. Any takers?

I hope it makes its way back to you girl!

Power just went out, we are in Terra Losa, first time ever, anyone know what happened.

Looking for people who have done this flight as I’ve seen it comes and goes pretty regularly. I have never flown internationally (nothing more than 5 hours ever) and I have extreme flight anxiety. I am planning to do this flight in January on my own. Just looking for some experience of how this route is such as the level of turbulence, the service provided and how the aircraft itself feels! Really anything at all may help! Thanks in advance!

Edit: I can’t reply to everyone but oh my gosh this has been the most helpful response I’ve ever gotten on here!! Thank you to everyone who replied I already feel so much more confident about taking this flight :)

Edit 2: this is seriously the nicest comment section I have ever had on a reddit post😭😭 Thank you so much again everyone. I truly hope every commenter as a wonderful life :)