Reddit pulse / page 7
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
large crowd ran out of Churchill Square after 9 p.m. Sunday during Cariwest. police cars and two helicopters showed up in the area, moving toward Rogers Place. no word yet on what happened.
folk fest lineup's delivering — Thee Sacred Souls and Tia Wood standing out as particularly great watches. crowd's hyped, weather cooperated, and there's still time to catch new artists if you're heading out.
someone's got 10–20 mosquitoes wandering their home at any given time right now. the summer invasion is real and it's happening indoors.
Animethon at Convention Centre, AC/DC pre-party at the Starlite with a huge lineup, and the Oilers Community Foundation's 'Every Kid Deserves a Shot' event at Ice District Fan Park — downtown's got everything going right now.
A redditor's hunting for lithops (living stones), alocasias, and caladiums at local plant shops — looking for realistic pricing, not the $50-for-4-inch markup some places charge.
Both vehicles ran a red light and smashed into each other at 109 Street and 85 Avenue. No word yet on injuries or what caused the collision.
Larry, Edmonton Police's retired dog, died at 15 — 15 years after a career that started in Medicine Hat. The service dog who worked the streets gets remembered.
Serco, a multinational contractor, just landed a $51M Alberta contract for disability employment services — despite paying a £19.2M fraud penalty over government contracts in the U.K. The paper trail's raising questions.
Folks at Folk Fest couldn't get signal in parts of the park. Check Telus's outage map: some lines down since April with no known cause. A major telecom getting away with it — for real?
Two unnaturally bright suns appeared above Mill Woods early this morning, no sound, kept getting brighter. Reddit's got photos — and speculation ranging from fireworks to hallucinations. (This is Edmonton; we've seen stranger sky shows.)
Artists are noticing more AI-generated art used in Edmonton marketing — on everything from tumbler designs at craft markets to restaurant ads. The AI images are obvious and showing up at nearly every local art market. One local artist says it's spreading to businesses across the city and she's unfollowing another local business every week for using AI.
Two women got caught in a dangerous current near Accidental Beach yesterday around 4 p.m. A couple crossing the new pedestrian bridge called 911 when they looked distressed, even though people around them said they were just fooling around in what looked like 3 feet of water. The situation got bad fast — the women were swept downriver and one went under multiple times. Fire department had responders on the bank and a boat in the water within 6 minutes.
Online gambling ads are everywhere across the province. Yes, there are standards they're supposed to follow — but people keep seeing them anyway.
Someone spotted a woman piggyback-carrying a 4 or 5-year-old at least halfway up the Folk Fest hill. Absolute beast mode.
Artist SHOBA just posted a drawing of West Edmonton Mall. It's their way of romanticizing what we all take for granted.
Tawatinâ is the Edmonton river valley lookout that never misses. Views, peace, the whole thing.
A visitor from Toronto is asking Reddit for the best fried chicken spot in the city—thread's full of local suggestions. Tonight's dinner decision just got crowdsourced.
Someone at Folk Fest caught a staffer pulling a different colour ticket from the bottom of her stack and handing it to her friend — who got called first in the lotto. Not the vibe.
Someone on Reddit posted about AC/DC's legendary first visit to Edmonton in 1980 on "Let There Be Rock." The nostalgia thread had people sharing their own stories from back then.
Cactus Club Cafe is reportedly being planned for Currents of Windermere in southwest Edmonton. New spot to watch in that development.
