#yeg
Good news! According to @Daveography, the Funicular is up and running, perfect for your daily walk or bike commute. Enjoy a scenic and convenient way to get around! #Funicular #WalkBikeCommute
#yeg #yegWalk #yegBike #yegFunicular #yegFunicularStatus #yegDT #Edmonton
Edmonton Elks release defensive back Dwayne Thompson II
I very much appreciate Nate's take on this issue.
Without fail, it is spot on.
If you are interested in what's going on in politics in Alberta, I cannot recommend the @thebreakdown enough.
It is always a relevant, thoughtful political commentary.
Please take the time to watch this week's Alberta Politics Roundup:
https://youtu.be/6Z0p7PMNFYg?si=-hQ9MD0CGVCXHWsO
#ABpoli #ABLeg #YYC #YEG #CDNpoli #NoSpaceForHate #Hate #LGBTQ2S
I can say one thing for having a new house built to be airtight is that currently we still have to open the windows during the day to cool the house down.
September 25, 1989 and it's This Week's Traffic Trouble Spots at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2023/09/september-25-1989.html
#yeg #yeghistory #yegheritage #yegtraffic
Good news for walkers and cyclists! According to @Daveography, the Funicular is up and running for your daily commute. It's a convenient way to add some fun to your journey. Time to grab your walking shoes or bike and enjoy the ride! 🚶🚴♀️
#yeg #yegWalk #yegBike #yegFunicular #yegFunicularStatus #yegDT #Edmonton
@retrosponge I read that at least in #yeg, compost bins are becoming compulsory, so you could throw that material into the compost bin.
@60pencilgirl #yeg is thankfully changing soon and accommodates for this.
September 24, 1930 and it's a Brawl In A City Cafe at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2023/09/september-24-1930.html
#yeg #yeghistory #yegheritage #edmonton
Let My Love Be Heard - @chronosvocalensemble
Take Back the Night is an annual march against gender-based violence organized by Women for Rights and Empowerment. On September 22, the march began at @colabyeg and made its way throughout the Boyle Street area.
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#yeg #yegdt #yegwomen #takebackthenight #photojournalism #yegactivist #yegphotographer
👏👏👏🥰♥️
Thank you #firefighters, both men and women from #SouthAfrica
➖Here they dance and say goodbye. ⤵️♥️
I appreciate this opinion piece by former mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas in the Calgary Herald. It is well worth the read.
"It can feel sometimes like we are moving backwards. Dark sentiments that once were whispered in hushed tones are now shouted on loudspeakers."
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/farkas-hate-against-lgbtq-community-puts-kids-lives-on-the-line
Covid wastewater tracking for Edmonton has finally caught up, and it’s as grim as expected. We’re working on a huge back to school spike, with no flu or rsv circulating. So if you’ve got ‘that thing’ that’s going around, it’s probably covid… the airborne vascular disease that damages your circulatory system and heart.
September 23, 1961 and Can This Man Help You? at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2023/09/september-23-1961.html
#yeg #yeghistory #yegheritage #edmonton
Sooo went to grab groceries this morning, and as we're next in line for the checkout, the #debit / #credit machines go down🙃
A couple folks had to return their stuff and left without making a purchase. If my spouse hadn't had a bit of cash in his wallet, we'd have had to do the same thing 🫠 (store has no ATM.)
I haven't handled cash in... years? but a result, I will now carry more than $5 emergency cash in my wallet....
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Guess I coulda just stayed in bed then.
#MeanwhileInCanada It's a beauty day out eh! #yeg #yegwx #yegtraffic #Alberta #Canada
We just rehearsed this amazing Bach work for the first time with this iteration of the ensemble... it came back to me like muscle memory!
Going home after seeing Doña Perón by the visiting Ballet Hispánico at the #AlbertaBallet and *holy cow*. The music, performed live, was the highlight for me but everything from the dance to the choreography to the costuming and use of stage space, lighting, and props, was just outstanding. If you're in #yeg it is absolutely worth checking out their Saturday performance. #ballet
Well, that was an interesting little event. Someone put a lot of effort into organizing a nice evening fall festival, but forgot to advertise it beyond the adjacent office building & daycare.
Not being part of the daycare pick-up crowd, I confess I didn't quite take it seriously when the one listing I found said it started at 4pm. And then of course I was running late. So I completely missed one of the bands I was looking forward to.
But nice, nonetheless. #YEG
@SarraceniaWilds
Ironic photo taken at the march in #yeg. Common example of Conservatives destroying words until they have lost all original meaning.
Teaching all the diversity is the definition of education, not indoctrination. Teaching only what you allow a child to hear based on your ideological leanings is the exact definition of indoctrination.
Anybody reading this sign with only logic would think they were a counter-protester, but with political background would know they are not. #abpoli
Hey folks! Good news for all you walkers and bikers out there! According to @Daveography, the Funicular is up and running for your daily commute. Enjoy the convenience and scenic views while getting your exercise on. Happy trails! 😊🚶🚴♀️ #commuting #exercise
#yeg #yegWalk #yegBike #yegFunicular #yegFunicularStatus #yegDT #Edmonton
Too bad doggo is too drugged up for evening walkies, because the view last night was lovely.
Join us this Friday for another #CoffeeOutside at Constable Ezio Faraone Park in #yegDT! From 7-9 am, come enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with us. Whether you walk, bike, or roll, everyone is welcome! Grab a cup and start your day off right! ☕️🌳🚶♂️🚴♀️👋 #yeg
With the #yegWX frost warning, we decided we should just harvest our squash rather than try to cover them (the plants had spread over nearly half the garden).
Tempting as it was to try to let them grow a bit longer, I'd say these pumpkins are big enough.
They are an heirloom variety from Australia that are actually a really neat shade of blue that I wish came across better in the photo.
Good day to work from home as my house is sealed up better than my office.
I’ve been out and about running errands since about 10:30. I have almost been in two accidents for sure, one where an idiot was on his phone and blew through a stoplight, the other where someone stopped in a free flow lane. Not to mention the reckless drivers, and the ones that just gun it to turn left across traffic causing me to slam on my breaks.
At this point I think about 20% of the population shouldn’t be on the road. #yeg
@DavidM_yeg @TheConversationUS @michaelgemar
There are definitely people in #yeg with heat pumps as their only heating source.
When building our house, we investigated it with an independent engineer. There are specific cold-weather heat pumps, but we're on the cusp of even those working (but it's getting better every year).
IIRC, one of her clients had to have a company rep flash a custom firmware for our climate.
I think Green Energy Futures (CKUA) has done some stories heat pumps here.
@TheConversationUS @michaelgemar
Thanks…
“Even at temperatures approaching -30C, heat pumps outperform oil and gas heating systems”
#yeg routinely spends a couple weeks each year with daytime *highs* in the -25C to -30C range, so we are a city of a million people who are that ‘edge case’, and I would love more info on how heat pumps function in this environment, what the various support/backup options are, etc
I see versions of this written all the time,
“buying a heat pump today will reduce global warming impact in almost all geographical locations – basically everywhere – except maybe in the very coldest climates”
Living in northern Alberta, I would love clearer information about what the “coldest climates” are and how heat pumps perform here (#yeg). Like: at what temperatures do they stop being effective enough, etc?
And the disinformation engines are running at full speed again too. Had to have yet another chat with our niece in #YEG about some of the stuff her friends have been telling her:
“masks don’t work”
“a friend of mine got COVID from a vaccine”
and perhaps the funniest one…
“Alberta is going to have mask mandates soon”
Sigh. Our niece is a wonderful, caring person who has significant cognitive and physical disabilities, so she’s vulnerable to disinformation on every level.
#COVIDcautious in #yeg … I’m afraid I can’t share an update, because the data in the wastewater tracker is now 11 days out of date. Who knows what’s been happening, but since we’ve returned to school with *no* precautions in place, I’m sure it’s not good.
#YEG Locals! One of my nearest & dearest is defending his PhD dissertation over Zoom Friday. He’s in Germany now, but he lived here for years, and when I asked him which patio he’d like to see us dine on in his honour after the expected happy result, he suggested Ethiopian or Indian. I’m coming up mostly empty on those cuisines with patios (the #YEGdt Tiffin has picnic tables, but that doesn’t seem quite festive enough). Central/inner suburbs is best. Thank you for any/all suggestions!
#YEGfood
@robsonfletcher 👋 we just put 200a service in our new infill build in #yeg. It was not in, any stretch of the imagination, 50k!
However, we did have to get special permission from Epcor to get a 200a service (permission was free). My understanding is that man neighbourhoods just don’t have the copper to support every house having 200a service.
This is evidence of underinvestment in our infrastructure. 200a is standard in many parts of the US and some homes have *400a* services.
Anyone in #YEG know a good arborist?
Nothing like a fire alarm at 8:15 and having to go down 16 floors of stairs… and then back up because they couldn’t reactive the elevators to get the morning started 🙄
@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca Friday in #YEG music will also see, at Dive Bar downtown, a whole mess of bands culminating in Boosh, a band that's a bit hard to describe so here's a short video to give a taste! https://photos.app.goo.gl/H8zp88xynncohVPm8
Edmonton! Did you enjoy that lovely weather we had this weekend? Or did you stay inside with horrible allergies like me?
Either way, there's a new week of possibilities, September 12–18:
If you're at an LRT station (in #YEG or #YYC) this week, pay attention to the video ad screens you usually try to ignore. Gotta Minute Film Festival will be featuring 1-minute artsy short films, Monday through Saturday. Also at Metro Cinema (lobby) & public libraries.
1/13 #YEGarts
Hey #yeg #Edmonton folks, I've been feeling like I am hearing sirens every 10 minutes. Especially when I go to bed, I notice that there's multiple sirens, honking, etc etc., all. The. Time.
So I did what any data wonk would do to see if confirmation bias or not, and went to https://data.edmonton.ca/browse?tags=police%20statistics.
Except those data sets all seem to be... from 2019. 🤔 Even when sorting by Recently Updated.
Anybody know what's up with that? Am I looking in the wrong place? Did the funding run out?
ISO: a pianist for a one time recording of a short work - located in #yeg. Compensation provided.
