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heads up: someone's been hitting Value Village on Saint Albert Trail with a fake iPhone hustle. she'll have a brand new orange iPhone in a box with matching receipts and serial numbers — all counterfeit. been spotted multiple times doing the same pitch to different people.
Breezy Brian Gregg was busking on the North end of Tawatinà LRT Bridge when a guy walked up, grabbed his keyboard and threw it into the river. It's sitting 12 feet from shore in about 6 feet of water — visible with keys facing up. A couple people tried to recover it yesterday but it's too deep without a diver.
Someone just moved into a 3rd-floor apartment and got swarmed — dozens of mosquitoes chilling on the balcony sliding doors, walls and ceiling. They're hiding in the door tracks so thick that opening them lets a swarm inside. There's like 20 trapped between the glass panes right now.
City's adding a dedicated bus lane and widening vehicle lanes on 101 Street downtown. Changes are aimed at improving transit speed and traffic flow through the core.
It's the last weekend of Edmonton Fringe. Someone's catalogued all their recommendations—dozens of shows seen, good vibes everywhere. Go to a show this weekend.
Boardwalks insurance is sending a cheque for damages after a condo dweller got estimates. They credit three news interviews and media attention with getting the building to take it seriously.
A city councillor is seeking inquiry after a calcium chloride memo failed to reach council. Community pushback centers on damage to concrete, rebar failure, and environmental concerns documented in U.S. and European use dating back to the 1980s.
Japanese idol group Ma'Scar'Piece featured footage from their Animethon visit in their newest music video. Edmonton's second appearance in major Japanese media after Gundam featured the city in 2015.
Cell boosters are running at some LRT stations—Government to Central now gets full bars on your phone underground. Churchill still out, but progress.
Security caught two bike thieves at the Fringe this week but not before they nearly got through someone's lock. If you're heading to watch live music at the library area, either grab a rental scooter or keep an eye on your bike — seems the well-lit spots aren't stopping determined thieves right now.
Council's reconsidering whether to actually build fare gates on the LRT before next year's budget gets locked in. The pilot's been a question mark for a while, and now they're looking at the cost again.
Nearly 40 years living in Edmonton and a local just nearly stepped on a garter snake they'd never seen before. Camouflage working overtime.
Someone on an e-motorbike just blew past a pedestrian at 30 km/hr on the Rabbit Hill Road to Terwilliger path with zero warning. Locals saying these don't belong on sidewalks and paths.
A 7-year-old with autism got completely fascinated by sparkly paint bottles and wax melts during a Walmart tour near home. If you've got similar sensory spots around the city, someone's asking for tips.
parking complaints absolutely dominated the top 50 grievances Edmonton residents called in to 311 last year—way ahead of everything else. if you've been frustrated trying to find a spot, you're definitely not alone in it.
a 1929 plebiscite asked Edmonton voters if they'd support a year-round Wednesday "half-holiday" retail ban, and most voted yes—just not by enough. the city eventually passed a bylaw anyway. it lasted until 1985, when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Sunday shopping laws and the same year killed Wednesday bans too.
Someone's asking where the swings disappeared from O-day'min Park. They were apparently the best thing the park had going. No word yet on whether they're coming back.
Someone posted about the Beachcomber, the elaborate Polynesian restaurant that sat at 100A Street from 1963 until it was razed in 1980. Zane Feldman, the original owner of the Oilers, owned it. Folks who ate there in the '70s are reminiscing about the starlit sky, waterfall sounds, and romance of the place.
Free lawn signs from Forever Canadian are up for grabs this Sunday, August 23 at the north end of Ermineskin Park by the parking lot (10529 29 Avenue) from 2–4pm. You'll need to register ahead at forever-canadian.ca.
Gross, oily smell rolled through Alberta Avenue early Wednesday morning and hasn't let up. Anyone else catching it in the area?
