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The Alberta Energy Rebate site's em-dashes and phrasing pattern are giving AI-generated copy. Locals are wondering if personal data is really being processed through an LLM, and whether the province should've hired a human writer instead.
Mosquito season is hitting hard in Edmonton and everyone's feeling it. Peak Alberta summer energy.
Someone grabbed photos from the Canada Day event at the Legislature. The grounds were packed and the vibes were there.
The Ice District Fan Park tent was evacuated to Ford Hall on Wednesday evening around 7 p.m. as weather concerns mounted. Organizers called it and crowds stayed calm.
A transit technician used a rod made from a car antenna and a magnet to steal $2 million in coins from Edmonton train ticket machines over 13 years. Salim Kara posed as a vending machine operator to explain depositing 37 tons of coins.
Heads up: those massive bangs you heard at noon Wednesday were a 21-gun salute using Howitzer artillery at Government House for Canada Day. You could hear it downtown and across a huge area.
Free Forever Canadian lawn signs up for grabs this Sunday, July 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. in South Edmonton. RSVP on their site to pick yours up.
someone spotted glowing clouds above Edmonton looking northeast from Whyte Ave—possibly from wildfires outside Fort Sask or refineries, either way it's a wild sight rn.
Basement flooding's getting worse—water keeps flowing in faster than pumps can handle. Insurance is backed up, hail made it worse. Others dealing with the same thing since Saturday.
A Canada goose couple at Gov House Park adopted two dozen goslings and raised all 26 of them together. Now they own their own little patch of grass and everyone's posting about it.
Someone just finished a 30x48" oil painting called "Shadows in the Spring" — Edmonton neighborhood scene. Worth checking out the detail work.
Alberta took creeping bellflower off the prohibited list, but locals are saying it's still invasive and roundup doesn't work. cutting it to the ground and bagging it is the move if you want to stop the spread.
people are noticing the North Saskatchewan looking high right now, but Edmonton's historic worst recorded flood makes this look pretty mild. good context for the worried ones.
Edmonton's putting money into nine affordable housing projects across the city right now. that's the kind of move locals have been asking for.
that hail storm on June 29 left gazebos with sliding plastic panels pretty wrecked — one local posted photos of their roof completely punctured. heads up if you're thinking about buying one of those.
Moving season's on. If you're hiring movers, steer clear of Cactus Moving — one person just posted a nightmare experience. 15 hours instead of 6–8, showed up late, didn't finish the job, and left the heaviest stuff behind. Worth avoiding rn.
Epcor and utility crews handled the record rainfall these past few weeks like absolute pros. Infrastructure held up way better than expected — barely any flooded underpasses. Edmonton's actually got solid systems in place.
Thunderstorm hit the city hard. Someone spotted a wild blue light after a lightning strike and people are still figuring out what it was. Power system was running at 200% capacity.
The Edmonton Fringe has unveiled its theme for the 45th festival: "Unforgettable."
Firefighters responded to an unusual rescue Tuesday in Edmonton — a llama named Runner had fallen into a 3-meter-deep sinkhole and needed help getting out.
