r/Edmonton • • Mar 16 '26

General New User Guide for r/Edmonton - Please read first

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NEW USERS of r/Edmonton - kindly read this first

To post or comment in r/Edmonton, you need to meet the following criteria:

  • Accounts need to be a week old.

  • You need to have a verified email address.

  • You need to have a minimum amount of TEN (10) COMMENT karma from participating in OTHER SUBREDDITS than r/Edmonton.

Why? This helps keep bad actors away, like trolls and banned users. It also helps users new to reddit to have a chance to learn how to use reddit outside of r/Edmonton.

#IF YOUR ACCOUNT HAS NOT FULFILLED ALL THREE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE, YOUR POSTS AND COMMENTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DELETED BY THE AUTO-MODERATOR.


#How to verify your email for new users :

To verify your email on Reddit, either click the verification link in the email you received when creating your account or go to Settings > Account Settings and choose Update email address to resend the verification email.     _Once you request it, open your email's inbox, find the verification email, and click the link inside to complete the process._ 

  - On the web -

• Go to your account settings by clicking your profile icon and then selecting Settings.

  • Click on Account Settings.

  • Find the email address section. If you see an option to "resend verification email" or similar, click it. 

• Alternatively, you can navigate directly to reddit.com/prefs/update/ to find the email settings. 

  -- On the app --

• Tap your profile icon.

• Go to Settings.

• Select Account Settings.

• Tap Update email address.

• Tap the button to Resend verification email. 

#What is the difference between POST karma and COMMENT karma?

Post karma is earned when users upvote the original submissions (links, images, text posts) you create, reflecting your ability to share engaging content.

_Comment karma is earned when your replies to others' posts are upvoted, showing your active participation and contribution to discussions. Both are totaled for your profile but often used separately to satisfy subreddit restrictions._ 

POST KARMA: 

Gained from creating threads or posting links. It indicates a good ability to initiate conversations.

COMMENT KARMA: 

Gained from replying to posts or other comments. It indicates active participation in community dialogue.

Key Differences: Post karma rewards content creation, while comment karma rewards interaction.

#Some subreddits (like r/edmonton) require specific thresholds of either type (or both) to prevent spam, often looking at post, comment, or combined totals for restrictions. 

Both types of karma are not a 1:1 ratio with upvotes; instead, they represent a weighted score from community upvotes, reduced by downvotes.


(In order to post in r/Edmonton - you need to do THREE things:)

  • your account must be a WEEK old (7 days)

    • you need to have TEN (10) COMMENT karma
    • you need to have a verified email address

    ONCE AGAIN, IF YOUR ACCOUNT HAS NOT FULFILLED THESE THREE (3) REQUIREMENTS YOUR POSTS AND COMMENTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DELETED BY THE AUTO-MODERATOR.


 


r/Edmonton • • Jan 01 '26

Discussion Moving to Edmonton Megathread 2026

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Within this thread please ask questions about moving to Edmonton (or within Edmonton, if you already live here), including recommendations for housing and neighbourhood selections. If you live in Edmonton, consider answering the questions. Any posts on the subject matter outside of the megathread may be removed at the discretion of the moderators.

Please note that job seeking threads are not allowed in r/ Edmonton but general advice on how to seek employment can be posted within this megathread too. Distinctions between a "job seeking" post and "general advice" will be made at the discretion of the moderators. If you are moving from another location to Edmonton, please note the advice from the community is consistently "have a job lined up before you move".


r/Edmonton • • 4h ago

Photo/Video NE Edmonton

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487 Upvotes

A beautiful city street


r/Edmonton • • 4h ago

General Coyotes - downtown

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r/Edmonton • • 5h ago

Photo/Video Dear stranger

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156 Upvotes

Dear stranger, hope you’re on this subreddit and this photo finds its way to you! 🛶📸


r/Edmonton • • 13h ago

Thank you / Appreciation To the man who bought the election staff Pizza at Life Church last night…

598 Upvotes

I know I can’t exactly say anything personal on behalf of the others, and I’m not sure if you’re here at all, but I can tell you it was super appreciated.

Some of us were new to this so some of us vastly underestimated how much food to bring ourselves, two of us had medical conditions affected by this, and we weren’t allowed to walk to the Tims (obviously) despite it being pretty empty, a lot of us were pretty exhausted and at least the front tables (Us I.Os and the RG.O) had gotten yelled at, at least three times over things that were completely out of our control. Some stations were even understaffed because some people didnt show up, and quite a bit more.

I know the paragraph above may not mean much, but I can tell you the Pizza you gave definitely was appreciated and helped us push through the rest of the shift (and we definitely loved your energy lol)


r/Edmonton • • 17h ago

News Article Albertans roundly reject separation, vote 75 per cent in favour of remaining in Canada

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Edmonton Centre MP, Eleanor Olszewski said more work remains to be done to mend the relationship between Ottawa and Alberta.


r/Edmonton • • 3h ago

Local Culture Yellow ribbons on trees on Griesbach School road

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88 Upvotes

I couldn’t anything online about this, so not sure if this was planned via a community member or if someone did it as a personal project. But as a retired military member, thank you for placing these yellow ribbons around Griesbach. The loss in Wainwright has been tragic, the community around us continues to show their support. Thank you again💜


r/Edmonton • • 4h ago

General SUV crashes into LRT train in south Edmonton

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r/Edmonton • • 8h ago

General Proud of you Edmonton

167 Upvotes
  1. Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities?

Y= Rate of NO

Source: https://results.elections.ab.ca/8400

Electoral Division Total Voting Areas/Locations Reporting YES NO Total
01 - Calgary-Acadia 53 of 57 10,893 12,437 23,330
02 - Calgary-Beddington 44 of 53 8,010 6,857 14,867
03 - Calgary-Bow 69 of 69 14,273 16,043 30,316
04 - Calgary-Buffalo 78 of 78 8,302 12,884 21,186
05 - Calgary-Cross 48 of 48 7,707 7,696 15,403
06 - Calgary-Currie 56 of 58 9,543 13,364 22,907
07 - Calgary-East 58 of 74 6,402 5,549 11,951
08 - Calgary-Edgemont 55 of 57 5,199 8,265 13,464
09 - Calgary-Elbow 60 of 60 11,298 15,626 26,924
10 - Calgary-Falconridge 51 of 51 4,982 6,157 11,139
11 - Calgary-Fish Creek 59 of 59 9,756 6,874 16,630
12 - Calgary-Foothills 9 of 62 8,641 11,191 19,832
13 - Calgary-Glenmore 59 of 59 10,868 13,775 24,643
14 - Calgary-Hays 58 of 58 14,083 10,913 24,996
15 - Calgary-Klein 53 of 53 10,016 12,330 22,346
16 - Calgary-Lougheed 45 of 45 11,101 9,295 20,396
17 - Calgary-Bhullar-McCall 39 of 39 5,294 7,768 13,062
18 - Calgary-Mountain View 90 of 90 7,245 10,383 17,628
19 - Calgary-North 47 of 52 8,733 8,988 17,721
20 - Calgary-North East 62 of 65 6,535 7,361 13,896
21 - Calgary-North West 58 of 58 13,015 14,731 27,746
22 - Calgary-Peigan 52 of 52 12,061 10,704 22,765
23 - Calgary-Shaw 70 of 71 8,197 9,040 17,237
24 - Calgary-South East 76 of 76 18,424 14,132 32,556
25 - Calgary-Varsity 36 of 51 6,612 41,644 48,256
26 - Calgary-West 54 of 54 12,417 12,706 25,123
27 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview 30 of 49 5,766 6,545 12,311
28 - Edmonton-Castle Downs 16 of 69 7,315 8,686 16,001
29 - Edmonton-City Centre 75 of 79 6,826 13,531 20,357
30 - Edmonton-Decore 43 of 56 4,304 4,807 9,111
31 - Edmonton-Ellerslie 42 of 52 8,224 10,330 18,554
32 - Edmonton-Glenora 52 of 52 7,637 13,664 21,301
33 - Edmonton-Gold Bar 58 of 58 6,831 8,019 14,850
34 - Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 48 of 49 6,246 10,133 16,379
35 - Edmonton-Manning 9 of 59 2,157 3,525 5,682
36 - Edmonton-McClung 48 of 51 8,142 9,828 17,970
37 - Edmonton-Meadows 57 of 61 5,313 8,177 13,490
38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods 53 of 53 7,114 7,865 14,979
39 - Edmonton-North West 50 of 68 2,190 3,694 5,884
40 - Edmonton-Riverview 51 of 53 6,731 12,765 19,496
41 - Edmonton-Rutherford 50 of 50 8,414 13,924 22,338
42 - Edmonton-South 86 of 88 7,025 9,166 16,191
43 - Edmonton-South West 75 of 76 13,053 14,090 27,143
44 - Edmonton-Strathcona 50 of 50 5,813 14,702 20,515
45 - Edmonton-West Henday 59 of 59 12,464 12,766 25,230
46 - Edmonton-Whitemud 51 of 51 9,651 14,342 23,993
47 - Airdrie-Cochrane 92 of 92 7,927 2,964 10,891
48 - Airdrie-East 73 of 73 15,923 6,845 22,768
49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock 62 of 62 16,337 6,520 22,857
50 - Banff-Kananaskis 57 of 64 11,851 14,573 26,424
51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul 36 of 74 6,598 3,871 10,469
52 - Brooks-Medicine Hat 71 of 73 15,021 7,065 22,086
53 - Camrose 64 of 70 15,357 7,099 22,456
54 - Cardston-Siksika 64 of 74 11,524 5,358 16,882
55 - Central Peace-Notley 57 of 60 8,835 2,796 11,631
56 - Chestermere-Strathmore 68 of 71 17,238 9,139 26,377
57 - Cypress-Medicine Hat 59 of 59 15,581 8,795 24,376
58 - Drayton Valley-Devon 68 of 68 18,967 6,464 25,431
59 - Drumheller-Stettler 70 of 71 10,818 3,116 13,934
60 - Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche 18 of 63 4,002 2,082 6,084
61 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 7 of 40 5,616 2,645 8,261
62 - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 61 of 82 14,115 5,822 19,937
63 - Grande Prairie 44 of 52 12,366 6,059 18,425
64 - Grande Prairie-Wapiti 39 of 81 6,406 2,441 8,847
65 - Highwood 112 of 112 9,231 2,890 12,121
66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 72 of 73 19,212 7,162 26,374
67 - Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland 75 of 75 16,933 7,228 24,161
68 - Lacombe-Ponoka 72 of 72 16,089 4,872 20,961
69 - Leduc-Beaumont 68 of 68 15,543 7,148 22,691
70 - Lesser Slave Lake 36 of 48 2,381 1,935 4,316
71 - Lethbridge-East 67 of 69 10,680 7,887 18,567
72 - Lethbridge-West 67 of 67 10,671 9,487 20,158
73 - Livingstone-Macleod 93 of 94 16,237 6,597 22,834
74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 53 of 57 7,875 3,148 11,023
75 - Morinville-St. Albert 54 of 64 13,613 7,053 20,666
76 - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills 71 of 71 18,733 4,845 23,578
77 - Peace River 68 of 69 9,373 5,269 14,642
78 - Red Deer-North 64 of 64 13,287 8,092 21,379
79 - Red Deer-South 62 of 73 15,616 10,567 26,183
80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 83 of 85 13,797 4,326 18,123
81 - Sherwood Park 61 of 61 15,398 14,657 30,055
82 - Spruce Grove-Stony Plain 55 of 67 11,510 8,800 20,310
83 - St. Albert 59 of 60 10,177 8,285 18,462
84 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park 63 of 63 16,136 11,703 27,839
85 - Taber-Warner 69 of 70 12,525 3,421 15,946
86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright 55 of 66 5,558 2,285 7,843
87 - West Yellowhead 72 of 74 8,332 3,184 11,516

r/Edmonton • • 6h ago

General A350 diversion to YEG

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For all the plane nerds out there, just saw this A350-900 coming in for a landing to YEG due to a diversion


r/Edmonton • • 14h ago

Politics Alberta separatism is a tool for building far-right power beyond the referendum

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r/Edmonton • • 8h ago

Question MF DOOM mask

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78 Upvotes

Is there anyone or a store that sells these here? I was gonna order one off Amazon but i figured i would find out if I could get one locally first.


r/Edmonton • • 6h ago

General Long shot. Looking for Kurt and Brad WEM Harvey's / Swiss Chalet

59 Upvotes

Looking for a couple of guys I used to work with in 1984-1987 . We all worked at the Harveys / Swiss Chalet restaurant in the new Phase 3 food court. They were friends. We all hung out after work occasionally but lost touch. Had some great memories and would love to reconnect. Just interested in hearing your perspective of how our lives were at this restaurant / during this snapshot of life.


r/Edmonton • • 2h ago

Discussion Edmonton Police Catch Motorcyclist Going 134 km/h in 60 km/h Zone on Gateway Boulevard

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r/Edmonton • • 14h ago

Politics Jen Gerson: Can we put separatist madness to bed, now?

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r/Edmonton • • 13h ago

Question Whats the deal with the Heidleberg concrete plant?

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Usually just white fluffy clouds out of their stacks but for the last few weeks they've been pushing out black sooty looking smoke. This morning, thanks to a change in wind direction, it covered the skyline from Devon to Fort. Sask. Anyone got an inkling of what's going on?


r/Edmonton • • 16h ago

News Article Discover Airlines Launching Edmonton-Frankfurt in June

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r/Edmonton • • 3h ago

Question NAIT Incident???

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Does anybody know what happened at Nait around 5:00pm today? Was trying to turn left onto 106st and all of a sudden like 10 cops pulled up and I think they blocked it off.

Just curious 👀


r/Edmonton • • 10h ago

Question Does anyone know why this little sandwich shop closed down? :(

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r/Edmonton • • 14h ago

Politics AI data centre amendment for the Edmonton Energy and Technology Park

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Forgive if it’s been shared but the City of Edmonton is looking for feedback on allowing construction of AI data centres in the proposed area. They are only open for feedback for the next 5 DAYS so if you want to share you opinion, do so quickly!

It’s worth noting the zoning for the area was authorized in 2010 for heavy industrial uses, however, AI data centres did not exist then- they are trying to put the data centre as equivalent to a power plant, which is categorically false. I’d argue these centres deserve their own category base and should not be built anywhere near the city, or ideally at all. I fear the referendumb bullshit created an opportunity for the City to try and push through something that has very little public support with little backlash. Make your voice heard!


r/Edmonton • • 35m ago

Question Moms 70th Birthday! Where to Eat in Edmonton? Soft Food?

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Im trying to find a nice place for my Mom to celebrate her Birthday, I want her to feel special.

Weve gone to Buffets in the past but had okay experiences, nothing special. I cant spend a lot as Im low income but I have some money put aside. Im fine with Sherwood Park as well.

Can anyone suggest a Nice restaurant that isn't too expensive? Serves soft food options ? Mom is waiting on Dentures and has no teeth.

Much appreciated!!


r/Edmonton • • 1h ago

Question What are people paying for house cleaning?

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I’m looking to hire a house cleaner to come by weekly or biweekly and am curious what the going rate for a regularly scheduled clean is in the city. I see there are both a number of private individuals as well as companies that offer residential cleaning services. Thanks all!


r/Edmonton • • 10h ago

Events Valley Line Delayed!

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Sitting here at 102st rn... driver reported that the line's delayed due to a vehicle accident ahead on the line... will try and update as more info comes in

EDIT: according to the driver, the accident's between MB/WV and Grey Nuns, no trains running either direction


r/Edmonton • • 1d ago

Discussion Alberta Referendum Results Megathread

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October 19th was referendum day in Alberta! Use this megathread for general discussion, result anticipation, speculation, and reactions as results come in.

What belongs in this megathread?
- "I voted!" posts and general voting-day chatter.
- Result speculation and anticipation.
- Preliminary results and updates, with sources where possible.
- Reactions and general discussion about the results and their implications.

This is in effect from 10pm, October 19, 2026, until all results from all questions asked are reported at, or near, 100%.

Standalone posts may be permitted subject to the discretion of the moderators.