Reddit pulse / page 7
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
Bonnie Doon mall's rooftop is buzzing — thousands of hardworking honeybees are calling it home. They've set up shop up there and apparently nobody told the bees they should be downtown.
The fog was so dense this afternoon the whole city looked like a horror movie set. Visibility dropped to nothing on major streets. If you were driving, you would have seen nothing but white.
someone posted a weasel and it's incredibly cute. that's it. that's the vibe.
someone dug up the Edmonton Journal's 1974 coverage of the grand opening of Edmonton Centre. wild to see what the mall looked like half a century ago.
investors are talking about a downtown renaissance in Edmonton. new developments, mixed-use projects, the whole package. the conversation's heating up.
Redditor wondering if anyone else has noticed Edmonton transit bus drivers exceeding speed limits in tight construction zones—like blazing through 30 km/h zones at 50 km/h on 103 Ave, or running yellow lights other drivers wouldn't risk. Defensive driving used to be the norm.
August 13's rain pushed 2026 rainfall to 700.4mm—now second place all-time at Blatchford, passing 1901's 699mm. First place's 1980 (Stony Plain) sits at 731.9mm. If the remaining average 115mm falls this year, breaking 800mm is pretty much guaranteed.
Double rainbow over Beverly tonight—two pots of gold and clear skies after the storms.
A local artist just shared "Construction Season Sunset," a 30" × 40" oil on canvas that's turning heads on the Edmonton subreddit. Worth checking out if you dig neighborhood scenes.
A kind stranger left a note on a car in the Boston Pizza lot across from WEM after spotting a flat tire. The driver hadn't even noticed yet — and now they're looking to say thanks on Reddit.
The Edmonton Fringe starts tonight with shows across the city. Reddit's got recommendations for every timeslot if you're looking to make a night of it.
PSA from the r/edmonton community: if you're heading to a chiropractor, massage therapist, physiotherapist, acupuncturist, dentist, or hair salon, take a shower first. Basic hygiene, basic courtesy to the person in close contact with you for an hour.
CatVideoFest at the Metro Cinema was a whole thing — packed theatre full of cat lovers cheering for the best clips, supporting both the historic cinema and SAFE Team Rescue local cat rescue. Turns out watching cat videos with a crowd beats scrolling alone.
A Reddit user spotted someone actively changing tires in the middle of the Henday, adding to a growing list of dangerous driving incidents on the ring road — wrong-way drivers, impossible crashes, racing circuits. Definitely don't try this.
Someone borrowed a fridge from a family friend and found an old relic stuck to the back. Simple discovery, but those random finds hit different when you're not looking for them.
Someone's looking to organize on the Wonder Valley data centre, posting that Edmonton's stronger when we talk to each other instead of staying numb online. They want to know where to connect with groups actually working on it.
A 10-year-old boy hit by a private e-scooter in south Edmonton is on the mend. Incident raises fresh safety concerns as the city weighs new rules on how riders use the devices.
A first-year student who worked summer for tuition money hasn't been paid since early June. Four weeks of paychecks came through, but nearly two months later still nothing — and employer excuses are looking less real.
Someone shot the partial eclipse today using a Lunt 80mm double stacked solar telescope imaging in hydrogen alpha — the sun's prominences and filaments are wild. Yes, it does look edible.
750-tonne de-ethanizer is rolling out of Edmonton at 11 p.m. tonight on a two-day journey to Fort Saskatchewan. Whitemud's running counterflow, highways 216 and 14 too. Keep an eye on 511 for updates.
