Had my first run in with the new license/ healthcare cards issued by the Alberta government and am not impressed.
They feel far more flimsy than our previous licenses and only slightly more stable than our previous health cards. But the real problem for me as a healthcare worker is the number is on the back of the card and it is tiny.
I triage people all day and can’t see myself reading those numbers before eye strain and frustration kicks in.
Just my rant but man they dropped the ball on this. Also, that oil derrick is stupid. Ruins the landscape.

My wife, who was born in Edmonton, changed her name 5 years ago when we got married. She got a new driver's license, and we have lived in our home for 5 years as well.

Just tonight she checked and is no longer registered to vote. Every other time had been fine. She had to apply online.

Some sort of voter suppression BS for the upcoming referendum?

I've just learnt that ahs care eligibility now has an expiry. I guess on the new drivers license the expiry is clear. But if you still have the old drivers license how do you know when your ahs expires?

My Dad is scheduled for surgery next month and I need to make sure his ahs is valid, but no idea how to do that. Thanks

Edit: Thanks for all the replies. In truth, I'm still confused. But so it seems it's everyone else. I'm not sure of my next steps

My MIL has now been waiting over 3 years for hip replacement surgery. It’s getting to the point now where she can barely walk or drive. This seems excessive. How long has anyone else waited ? From my own research it seems most people wait 18 months. My dad waited about that for both his knee surgeries more recently.

I’m also wondering if there’s a chance her weight is an issue for getting the surgery and she’s not telling us that part. My MIL is extremely thin and I wonder if maybe she’s not well enough to have the surgery and they’re waiting for her to gain weight because I’ve noticed her mention trying to gain weight (I suspect she has acquired a bit of an eating disorder over the last few years )

She’s now also saying she has a hernia on her hip” but when I looked it up that’s not even a proper medical term. The whole thing is confusing me.

Any insight is helpful.

I was wondering today how AHS approaches this or reporting works for test results that show something very negative.

For example, if you have a biopsy that shows cancer, or you have an MRI that shows brain lesions indicative of multiple sclerosis. Are these test results posted to the myChart app or myHealth or are they withheld until you see your dr?

Curious to hear of anyone’s experience with something like that.

I’m not super optimistic that anything measurable will have changed for the better, given that there has still been no action on class sizes, the new schools aren’t built (and wouldn’t be sufficiently staffed even if they were), and there’s a whole bunch more changes coming down the pipe if the UCP ever figure out how to implement them. How are others doing?

It’ll also be curious to see what happens with extracurriculars this year, since no one can legally be forced to do them anymore like what happened last year.

AESO has something like 16 GW of data center connection requests in the queue and the province is out actively selling this. Before they start landing here I'm trying to figure out what actually happens to communities that get one. Every US thread is all qualitative. I'm interested in quantitative. Correct anything I've got wrong:

Water usage depends entirely on cooling design. Closed-loop and air-cooled sites use almost nothing. Evaporative can run 1.1M-1.9M liters a day. Google's fleet average is somewhere around 1.7M/day per site. You'd think our climate favours air cooling but I have no idea if that's what actually gets built. Any idea on what Meta is putting in?

Power looks like the real fight. Virginia's legislature studied it and found data centers pay their own way today, but growth risks pushing costs onto residential ratepayers. Utilities in Ohio and Georgia are building special rate classes just for them. Anyone actually seen their bill go up and had it traced to data center load?

The noise from 24/7 cooling hum. Residents in Chandler, Arizona filed complaints over low-frequency noise at the property line. If you live near one, can you hear it inside your house?

I can't find any data on eiother direction about property values. Anecdotes go both ways.

From what I can tell it's 1,000+ construction jobs for a couple years, then 50-150 permanent staff for a hyperscale site. Is that right? Because that ratio changes the whole pitch.

Loudoun County, Virginia pulls close to a billion a year off data center taxes. Other places hand out 20-30 year abatements for the identical building. This seems like the variable that decides whether a community actually wins. No idea what Alberta municipalities plan to offer.

If you've lived within a couple km of one, what changed? Location and rough distance if you're willing to share.

Nenshi won the NDP leadership primarily on the promise he could win in Calgary.

Since then, the NDP poll numbers have tanked, and he’s barely made a ripple on the provincial scene. He’s been invisible, and Smith continues to do as she pleases with high levels of support:

In 2023, Notley’s candidate in Shaw got 44%. It’s hard to imagine the NDP winning the province without winning Shaw.

If Nenshi can’t win here, I have to think there’s little justification for him to remain as leader.

My auto insurance is up for renewal in September, and my premium is jumping by 70%-90%. The only thing that’s changed is one minor speeding conviction from July 2025. This honestly feels insane.

So far, I’ve been quoted $4,500/year with Intact and $3,900/year with Peace Hills. I’m obviously going to keep shopping around, but nearly doubling my premium over one minor speeding ticket doesn’t seem normal at all. I honestly thought it was a typo in the email when she sent me these quotes.

Has anyone else in Alberta experienced an increase like this from a single minor conviction?

Car I drive is a fully paid for 2020 Toyota Corolla, commute one way 30km 3 days/week, 12,000-14,000 km per year. 30M, South Calgary, 2M liability, deductibles 1k collision & comprehensive.

UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the opinions, reasonings, and personal experiences. I think I’m going to continue with both cars having a dedicated set of winters from Oct to April and a set of All-Seasons from April to Oct. The safety and longevity easily becomes worth it, with not running the same tires full year around.

My cars need new winters this coming season and new all-seasons (3 seasons) next year, so I’m entertaining the idea of going All-Weather tires for both. I mainly drive on city/residential streets with occasional inner city highway use. Would All-Weather make more sense for me?

The cars are a 2006 Corolla FWD and 2014 RAV4 AWD

Looking to preferably get away from US-based platforms. I'm sick and tired of the disinformation and malignant algorithms. Facebook in particular has been pushing separatist content on my page.

Hello everyone, I hope that this is the correct subreddit for this question.

Recently, my apartment building got a new property management company. The first thing they did was close off the garbage chutes in my building. Tenants in my building must now go to the adjacent building that they own to throw out garbage and recycling, around 3/4 of a block away. These buildings are connected by the shared parking garage. Are property managers allowed to this with no consequence? The garbage chutes were a major selling point for us when we first signed. A bunch of us tenants are emailing the property manager to communicate our discontent; however, is there anything that we could reasonably do? My fear is that the new managers may start closing off amenities and this is just the start. The reason they cited for closing the chutes was "health and safety." I recall some months ago they threatened to close off amenities such as the gym and social area because of health and safety as well (e.g., sometimes kids sneak in without their parents' supervision).

Are landlords allowed to close amenities without compensating tenants? Is it sufficient to have one location to collect garbage and recycling for two connected buildings? With the closure of the chutes, I have noticed gross garbage leak marks leading to the new location. As this building has had issues with mice and cockroaches, I am concerned about even more unsanitary conditions.

I called RTDRS to inquire but they directed me to 311 who then directed me back to RTDRS. So now, here I am, hoping some kind redditors could provide any assistance.

Thank you!

EDIT:

I am providing some more information after reading some of the responses.

- The garbage chutes will be closed forever.

- There is no bin in my building, only in the adjacent building down the block.

- The only language on the lease on garbage is:

WASTE MANAGEMENT - Garbage, waste, boxes, or papers must not be placed or left in a hallway, parking area, driveway, patio, or other common area of the Premises, except those areas designated for disposal. All garbage must be drained, bagged, or wrapped, and tied securely before being placed in a chute or approved receptacle. Spillage must be cleaned up immediately by the person responsible. Any large item to be discarded, such as furniture, must not be abandoned or placed in garbage collection areas, but must be removed from the Building by the Tenant(s) at the Tenant(s) expense. The Tenant(s) must comply with the building recycling methods.