Reddit pulse / page 3
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
so someone posted asking if we're mad they bought their 10-year-old an electric scooter and... yeah, everyone's saying stop. they're illegal on public property, kids don't wear helmets, going 15-20km down sidewalks into traffic. ER doctors across the country are warning about serious injuries. your kid's friends have them doesn't mean yours should.
Project Hail Mary IMAX drops August 1st and 8th at 6pm, Wizard of Oz 3D plays July 30th at 6pm. Tickets up now.
Edmonton's been drowning in abandoned cars. Police and the city stopped towing earlier this year when the impound lot maxed out—now a new lot is online to work through the hundreds of vehicles piling up across the city.
Someone just reminded everyone that Michael J. Fox, who basically defined the 1980s, is an E-town kid. Thread is here if you want to relive how wild it is that a teenage time traveler was born on River Avenue.
Couldn't make it to the river valley for Canada Day fireworks? a reporter full livestream with timestamps so you can catch the best moments from home.
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.
