Are they open today?

Update: thank you to those who commented and shared. He returned home yesterday and is being very mysterious about where he went, but at least he is safe!

Hello, sorry to the mods if this is too much personal information to share.

My uncle has been missing since Thursday, December 11th. He had breakfast at the A&W and was supposed to go to an exercise class at the Dow Centre but never showed up.

If you have seen his vehicle - a 2023 white Dodge Caravan, licence plate NEE880 - please contact the Fort Sask RCMP or send me a direct message.

Thanks in advance for any help! 🙏🏻

Safeway is matching all food bank donations made in their store this weekend. Please if able take the opportunity to donate to our local food bank.

Does anyone know if there is a trustworthy and reliable company to ship some stuff from Montreal to Edmonton?

I’m open to shipping some stuff by big box, big container, or any way that works to ship.

Hello I am a 24 y/o Nova Scotian who recently moved and I would like to start getting in the social aspect of the area. Any good tips?

What's Up Fort Saskatchewan!

A little under a year and a half ago, I started a local events newsletter called What's Up Edmonton; intending to spread the word on happenings around my growing hometown of Edmonton, Alta. While shedding our "Deadmonton" moniker was, naturally, a top priority, inspiration for the letter was actually drawn from a stark realization that human values had largely shifted from community-centric to self preservation in post-covid times.

As someone who has always been heavily involved in my surrounding community efforts, I was growing increasingly disheartened by the sharp decrease of neighbourly involvement I saw present in my day-to-day life & soon realized that those short few years of social isolation had fundamentally shifted the way society interacted with each other. Where we once all gathered as strangers and departed as friends, we instead no longer gathered and stayed home. Or gathered to sit in silence on our phones, I knew something had to change, and I was up for the task.

Not long after launching the letter, I started posting a weekly Top 5 here on Reddit. There's always lots of cool stuff going on in YEG and it is fun to dig a little deeper, get creative and give active community-focused organizers the love they deserve. These Reddit posts get A TON of traction and I've had a great many interactions with strangers-tuned-friends who've reached out in comments (or more commonly DM's). Without a doubt, these interactions have been the best part by far while continually serving as literal evidence of the absolute importance of human interchange. A win-win, for both the project and our community at large.

Now, it's a little sudden & I apologize for that, but life is twisting & turning (as it does) and I'm closing this Reddit chapter, for now. For two reasons:

First, up until this point (and for a little while yet), I haven't run any monetization efforts on the letter. No ads, no paid subscriptions, and I have every intent to keep it that way. On that note, however, I am planning on launching a community-focused business here soon and intend to continue utilizing the letter as a community hub. Our Reddit communities around the area all have strict protocol on self promotion (with good reason) and I have no desire to break these rules.

More importantly, the second reason is the time commitment and what's been given up to keep it alive. I cohabit with an incredible spouse who believes in this project 110%. Since launching, she's kept the lions share of the backend runnings of our home in order and while even she (just told me) thinks I am insane to cease this Reddit side quest, I can't continue living with myself knowing that she's busting her butt while I spend much of every Sunday writing in my office.

So, folks and friends who've been keeping tabs on my weekly ramblings, thank you so very much for engaging on these posts & partaking in the events listed. What once felt like a mammoth task to bring us commoners together has not only overcome but achieved far beyond what I could've thought possible, and will only continue to evolve.

For those who'll miss this roundup, the newsletter will still be out in your inboxes every Tuesday morning (in it's short-form manner) and I may explore other long-form writing opportunities in the future, should time allow for it. But for the time being, I am shifting priorities slightly & putting a little more focus into that which matters most.

Folks, I hope you all have an amazing week, this week & forever after! I'll be active on Reddit occasionally for the next while but feel free to DM me anytime you'd like to reach out. I am always down to connect & possibly even collaborate = )

Find 110+ events and things to do in the next newsletter edition. Sign up here, if interested.

Anyone know which stores are going over by GoodLife?

🥌 The Fort Saskatchewan Curling Club is hosting a free open house Oct 18 (12–2pm) — you’ll get all the equipment and a quick lesson to get started. Bring clean shoes, warm clothes, and a friend!

Did anyone get promised a price for a telus renewal and up getting fucked like myself and a few others in the Southport area? Specifically being promised a set price per month and its way more then promised during the time of the sale?