Why would meta not provide their own energy & why do we have to pick up the bill?

Also where is meta getting their water from???

Saw this beauty yesterday.

I'll start by saying - I really don't know how to navigate this at all and I'm hoping someone here - especially fellow parents, teachers or admins - can give me some advice. My child was in grade 10 last year and had English in the 2nd term. They didn't learn how to write an essay and weren't required to write one. They didn't read a single novel. They didn't read a play. If I understand correctly, they did some sort of analysis and wrote short personal responses to some short stories and photographs. I really find this unacceptable. How are kids going to survive university if they have no practice reading long texts and writing essays? How does this even meet the curriculum?

I thought - maybe it's just the teacher. She'll have a new one this year and I'll get her a tutor and catch her up. But I've learned that she'll have the same teacher again. The school is declining to switch her to a new teacher as they don't consider wanting a different teacher to be a valid reason to switch a class.

Where do I go from here? Am I just old and out of touch? Is this normal now? I will go ahead and email the principal directly now, but I genuinely doubt that one parent's concerns are enough to prompt a teacher to change the content of their course.

Appreciate everyone's thoughts.

Costco locations across Western Canada are requiring employees to park off-site/on surrounding public roads rather than in their parking lots.

At the Edmonton Business Centre, this is becoming a legitimate safety concern on 104th ave NW.

Employees are parking along the surrounding roads, and the number and placement of vehicles is obstructing visibility for drivers trying to cross or enter intersections. There have already been multiple near misses because drivers can't properly see oncoming traffic without slowly creeping their vehicles out into the intersection. Every morning I cross 104th ave at the Costco business center to get into my work's parking lot, and have nearly been struck three times creeping forward attempting to see past all these vehicles. On Monday morning there were more then forty cars parked alongside the street.

Note that there is only a sidewalk on 1/2 the street, and vehicles speed 60-70km down this road regularly, making it unsafe to be parking there. Not to mention in winter, where the cars are parked, is where the snow is cleared to. If they park there during the winter the road will effectively be turned into a one-way.

And this is Edmonton. We're talking about a city that can see -30°C to -40°C temperatures and significant snowfall. Employees are being expected to park away from the building and walk in these conditions without a sidewalk while the employee vehicles themselves are creating visibility issues on nearby roads. Parking enforcement & bylaw have been notified, but in our experience it’ll take weeks for them to get around to this.

I understand Costco wanting to prioritize parking spaces for customers, but surely there has to be a safer solution than pushing employee parking onto public roads and creating hazards for both employees and other drivers.

Spotted on Whyte Ave

Jasper Avenue looking east and west, and 101 Street looking north. Those business names of bygone days, I remember so well.

Someone found this sweet little void on 104st and 100ave Downtown and brought him in to my work. I brought him home for now to give him food and litter but hope he gets home! He’s got what looks like used to be a scratch down his side but is now growing hair back over it and is incredibly playful and friendly

Lookie here: my office just received the September 2026 issue of Business in Edmonton, and page 5 has an ad regarding the October 19 Referendum touting a “strong and sovereign Alberta within a united Canada”. Paid for by the Government of Alberta.

Our tax dollars hard at work encouraging separation.

Am I taking fucking crazy pills? Why are motorcycles and obnoxious vehicle owners seemingly allowed complete and total reign over Edmontons core?

I was in Enily Murphy this evening and it was like Rad Torque raceway was right next fucking door.

Why is EPS so complacent? Why is Council so quiet and utterly flaccid on this issue? Why is it okay for our core to be turned into the personal raceway for insecure douchebags? Its fucking insane and becoming utterly unbearable.

We deserve so much better than this.

Wed Sep 2 Harley Olivia ft. Wayfinder & 0Stella The Dive Bar
Wed Sep 2 Open Jam – Commercial Allstar Band The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Wed Sep 2 Peaches – No Lube So Rude Tour Midway Music Hall
Thu Sep 3 Homofonik Album Release w. Matthew & The Keys The Aviary
Thu Sep 3 Tommy & The Guns The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Fri Sep 4 Welcome To The Cherry Pit! (The Issue, Far Out Again, Tzadeka, README Almanac) The Aviary
Fri Sep 4 Revolution Engine, Future Down, Reclaim The Sun & Revenant Sun The Dive Bar
Fri Sep 4 INFEST Day 1 – Voivod w. Acid King, Spell + more Starlite Room
Fri Sep 4 H! Dude (Belgium) – Road to Arkanus Temple Ballroom
Fri Sep 4 DJ Isaac Temple Ballroom
Fri Sep 4 Magique w/ Chels + Gia Pawn Shop Live
Fri Sep 4 Rockford Stomp The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Fri Sep 4 BRENN! – Amateur At Best World Tour Midway Music Hall
Fri Sep 4 Fiver w/ Faith Healer (solo) CKUA Radio (Double Lunch)
Sat Sep 5 Stella Johnson, Shiv Shanks & Francesco Rizzuto The Dive Bar
Sat Sep 5 INFEST Day 2 – Revenge, Abysmal Lord + more Starlite Room
Sat Sep 5 Ookay Temple Ballroom
Sat Sep 5 The Iconic Jam feat. Sean Riquelme The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Sat Sep 5 Backwoods Superfreak The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Sun Sep 6 INFEST Day 3 – Immolation, Maul + more Starlite Room
Sun Sep 6 Buck Pop: A Night of Drag & Dance The Buckingham
Sun Sep 6 House of Love – Live Music Sundays The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Sun Sep 6 Foundation V16.0 Afterparty Midway Music Hall
Tue Sep 8 Tinariwen Pawn Shop Live
Wed Sep 9 Nightshades (Kelowna) w. Sammy Volkov The Aviary
Wed Sep 9 Open Jam – Commercial Allstar Band The Commercial / Blues on Whyte
Wed Sep 9 Opal In Sky Pawn Shop Live

Also have them posted every monday at Altyegmusic.com and through the weekly newsletter (can sign up there as well).

Always double check with the venues due to lineup changes/me making mistakes

Not by outright hostility but by taking your patronage for granted, seeming annoyed by your regular presence, feeling entitled to an enhanced tip, dropping their friendly facade etc. Like you are the nuisance Uncle or Mother In Law that can't take a hint to stop dropping in.

To the point that you got fed up and decided to take your business elsewhere.

Hey all. So I’m attending NAIT this year. And I was thinking of taking the LRT to get to school, and then using that time to study on my laptop so I’m not wasting 30-45 mins of drive time twice a day. I was telling this to my brother, and he thought I was crazy to consider pulling out my expensive laptop on the LRT, and in his 4 years of taking the train to the UofA he never would have considered that.

I’m wondering if he’s maybe over reacting a little? Or is he right in that it’s probably a bad idea and I should just drive or not expect to get any work done. I also have no textbooks or anything, all of my coursework is done on my laptop, so it’s not like I can do non laptop work.

Any opinions, thoughts, and help appreciated. Thanks!

I was just wondering if there are usually more cats than what is listed on the EHS website. For example, they currently have 11 listed - is that about how many would be there in person?

Hi Edmonton.

I'm a local filmmaker and a short documentary that I made about Edmonton artist Jeffrey Adam Meszaros - JAM Bottle Cap Art is premiering at the Edmonton International Film Festival on September 27th at 1pm. It's screening along 3 other short documentaries.

Jeff has a very cool story and the film was made with an all Edmonton crew. I'm excited to finally get to share it with an audience.

You can get tickets here if you are interested.

I’m attending university at 32 years old and feel a little out of touch with school. Was curious if anyone had any advice on things I can do at MacEwan that will have me engaged, socializing and meeting new people.

Hoping I can meet individuals around my age :)