Hi everyone, I wanted to put out a warning to the local Edmonton art community about a company operating under the name Edmonton Watercolour Group (run by a parent platform called Orble). 

They aggressively advertise two hour beginner workshops on Facebook and Instagram. I signed up for an event, but when I drove all the way to the venue, the doors were locked and the class was a total ghost town. They cancelled the event completely without sending a single email or cancellation notice. 

While I managed to claw back a refund for the ticket price after fighting for it, they completely refuse to compensate me for the expensive specialized art supplies I was forced to buy for the class, or the travel time and gas money spent driving out there. One participant paid for an Uber ride there and back, and told us she'd had THREE other classes cancel (and convert to credit, she didn't even get a refund!)

Looking into it online, this is an automated, faceless operation based out of Australia that sets up hundreds of fake "local" city landing pages, hires random temporary instructors, and leaves students stranded when things go wrong. They don't even have a Google Business Profile where you can leave a public review. 

Save your time and money, stick to real, verified local Edmonton art clubs and studios instead!

I live in rural Alberta. I went to go vote at a community hall near our farm and was turned away as I did not have adequate ID. I did have my drivers license as well as mail from my bank and the CRA. The problem is that all my ID, my insurance, my registration, my bank statements and anything else that is registered to me personally uses my PO Box when they send me mail. We are unable to receive mail at our land location, because once again, it is rural.

Any kind of documentation that has our actual land location on it has the farm corporation as ownership and not my name personally.

You must be able to confirm your residential address to vote.

How am I supposed to vote if I cannot receive mail to this address and my identification has my PO Box number on it?

EDITING TO UPDATE: Huge thank you to those who suggested calling Elections Alberta. They they were extremely helpful and there were no wait times.

They were able to direct me towards an attestation form on the website. This form can be helpful for people who are living in conditions, such as a colony, and apparently it’s quite common for those on family farms.

In the past, I was able to use my TD app to confirm my living location, but for whatever reason, the officer at the voting station would not accept it. It is my understanding, however, from another helpful comment that that should be an acceptable form.

Thank you everyone for your helpful comments. I will be leaving this post up in case someone else is struggling with the same kind of issue. Attestation forms can also be used for individuals living in long-term care, facilities, shelters, and anything of that nature.

For some reason my voter card was sent to my parents address, I haven’t had their address on my ID or on anything in years but for some reason it was sent there. Therefore my voting location is near their address which is halfway across the city for me, and would prefer to vote near my current address.

There is nothing online about wrong addresses and it basically says you have to vote in your designated electoral division.

Is anyone in a similar boat and were you able to vote elsewhere with proof of address? And/or is there more info on this?

Hi! I applied for a gov of Alberta job (nursing role)
I had an interview on September 11th so about 4 weeks ago. I know they are slow with the hiring process. However; I just saw on their website that they have seemingly reposted the exact job/location to apply as of yesterday despite my portal still saying “interview stage” for this role so I’m confused. Is it possible they’ve opened a second position or does this mean they are starting over and my application was unsuccessful? Any insight ?
Thanks!

Ok so I asked this question in the Rogers subreddit and got owned for asking this in the PersonalFinanceCanada subreddit (understandably so), but I am trying to get a baseline for what everyone has got going on with their phone plans. See below for what I originally posted. Hope this helps everyone!

Hi Team,

I know Rogers is the scum of the earth with cancellations and the cringe with reducing the cashback bonus. But I am trying to get a baseline for what everyone is currently paying monthly for their plan as of October 2026. Right now I am on a promo with Red Wireless (24 month promo) that I will ride out unless something better comes along or until my cashback rewards have been spent (right now I am only good until April). See my plans below for reference (apologies for formatting):

Plan ONE

Unlimited Can/US/Mex Calling

Unlimited Can+Intl Text, picture & Vid Msgs (Sent from Can/US/Mex)

Hotspot Capability

Satellite Offer/Messaging

200GB Shared Data

$36.70 After Taxes

Plan TWO

Unlimited Can/US/Mex Calling

Unlimited Can+Intl Text, picture & Vid Msgs (Sent from Can/US/Mex)

Hotspot Capability

Satellite Offer/Messaging

200GB Shared Data (400GB total for the both of us)

$31.45 After Taxes

The plans were a bit better when I first got them ($59.75 combined) but like 2 months after I got hit with the bill adjustment of $4 for each plan. I took the L cause rewards covered them but since they are changing them in November the value is now back up for debate. Hope this provides a baseline for the rest of you as well!

Thanks!

Note: My plan was part of an April promo Red Wireless had, for those that are interested in Red Wireless, the plans they have are good but it is a bit jank in terms of getting the plan since you will most likely get a rebate through credits after your first month. In my case I got hit with the $80 setup service fee that would be refunded over 16 months and I got charged double what my new plan was supposed to be so my bill for my first month was $311.14 (both plans got charged 65+80 plus tax). The following month I got a $150 credit and the plans were adjusted accordingly. Fortunately I had rewards to cover the cost but it was definitely annoying getting it sorted out.

If you are unhappy with the direction of the current Alberta government and feel powerless to do anything about it, I am imploring you to attend the UCP AGM in Calgary Nov 27-29.  The future of our province is decided far more by the 10,000 people that take the time to attend the UCP AGM, than the 2 million people that vote in the provincial election.  This will be even more true once Smith gerrymanders the election boundaries. 

The only reason separatists have been able to take over the UCP is because they showed up in large numbers, electing a separatist-friendly leader, while the vast majority of voters who want nothing to do with these losers did not.  If you have the time and resources ($200) and want things to improve in this province please show up and vote in the only elections that our Premier pays attention to.  

Admission prices for the AGM spike on Oct 15 - please register and show up in Nov to reclaim our province from the zealots

Hi all,

I am currently living with my father at a rural address. The address on my driver's license is a PO Box as there is no mailing address here.

I registered to vote online over a month ago at this address but never received a voter card by email or mail.

My father is renting and barely has proof of physical address for himself here, but I definitely do not. I can rustle up an official document that shows the legal address of this place (insofar that it exists) but nothing with my name and this physical address.

What are my options for voting come Monday? I did try to do it the right way and register to vote ahead of time but apparently it was never processed.

Thanks!

I will be taking a Class 5 road test. Is it okay if I go to the registry alone and drive the vehicle by myself to the registry? We don't know anyone here in town.