There is a lot of genuine fear within the queer and trans community about what this referendum can mean for the future of our rights in this province. The UCP has already made multiple shots at trans youth, and if history has taught us anything, it is not long before "protecting the kids" turns into legislating the adults. The referendum is already a threat to the healthcare of all Albertans, but it is especially harrowing for those of us actively seeking gender affirmative care through services like AHS, especially because the vast majority of us do not have any kind of insurance.

I cannot stress enough how utterly fabricated the "trans children getting hormones/surgery" fantasy the UCP has peddling is, especially in Alberta of all places. Please keep in mind that I am a 23 year old trans adult living in my own home, responsible for all of my medical needs and choices. I have been on the waiting list for surgery for 5 going into 6 years now, and I am still about a year away from a consultation. We could not give your children surgery even if we wanted to, we don't even have enough availability to help our adults transition. I came out as transgender when I was 16. I was legally required to complete two years of therapy before I was even allowed to be recommended for hormone therapy. Even then I had to wait until I was 18 to obtain hrt, even with parental consent. I was placed on the hormone blocker Lupron at 17 after multiple attempts on my life due to how severely distressing my menstrual cycle was. When I stopped taking Lupron, my period returned in 9 days. The effects of hormone blockers are completely reversible. Hormone blockers are mostly prescribed to cisgender children, usually girls who start their periods at 3 years old. They are reversible, and suicide is not.

Please understand, we could not help your children medically transition even if we wanted to. This is not something that happens in this province, it has never been something that has happened in this province. I have lost many friends proving this point. I am not prepared to lose more.

If there has ever been a time to be an ally, this would be your best opportunity. We don't have to have the same politics, I am just so sick and tired of my community, my family and friends, being used as the scapegoat of a political party that is actively inventing lies about us to avoid accountability for their own shortcomings.

Please vote.

Has anyone else in Midtown Airdrie area lost power?

We’ve been without electricity for about 40 minutes.

Any ideas what might be causing it, whether it’s affecting a wider area, or if there has been any update regarding this?

How long does it typically take for power to be restored?

Knew it was coming eventually, just sad that it is. Been a long time customer of Airdrie Sobeys on 8th street for years. The prices were a little higher, but we didn't mind paying that for the convenient location and friendly staff.

As of last week, Sobeys corporate have installed digital price tags. While this does help with internal efficiencies (workers no longer need to manually replace paper price tags), the real bate and switch here is this now gives Sobeys the ability to roll out Dynamic Pricing (aka Algorithmic Pricing).

Going to buy cereal? Next logical step is go to buy milk... with Dynamic Pricing the price of milk can increase from the time you pick up the cereal to walk and pick up the milk. Dynamic Pricing is designed to do exactly this. May not fully be rolled out in Canada grocery stores (yet), but having these price tags digital gives them the ability to turn it on.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11737806/canadians-algorithmic-pricing/

https://youtu.be/kKn5_ywPfv8

TLDR: Sobeys and other grocery stores in Airdrie now have digital price tags, which can lead to (probably already is in place) Dynamic Pricing. Dynamic Pricing is NEVER good for the customer.

If you can vote in advance, the polling stations have been empty by 10:00 the last two days.

They have computers at the advance polls so if you bring your voter card & have ID ready they get you through in about 10 minutes.

If you're going to go to towerland mall, please inform yourself how a 3 way stop works. Vehicles coming in from the road DO NOT have a STOP sign. Do not enter the intersection if vehicles approaching from main street will get to you first. Im tired of almost T-boning vehicles on a near daily basis.

Hello neigbours,

I just watched a full roofing video on youtube that was based in Ontario and the guys doing the roof talked about all the perks of a metal roof. I couldn't help but wonder why we don't use them here in AB? but I also figure there's a reason. I could see a potential downside that if you got hit by hard hail it would leave divets all over it. Curious if anyone knows if metal roofs are good or bad here in Airdrie? I need to replace mine in the next 2-3 years so I'm trying to get myself informed as I'd love a rubber roof but dang they are $$$.

My friend is thinking about moving from Valleyview AB to Three Hills AB for a job. She doesn't drive yet and still learning. I wanted to know if it's easy to find apartments and ride shares within the city or from nearby cities like Airdrie or Calgary. She will learn driving eventually, but needs to manage with ride shares for a year. Also, is the town generally safe? Any insight/help is appreciated.

Does anyone know if anything is actually being done about excessive vehicle noise? Fines? Warnings? Anything?

Tossing an idea out there. I'm thinking of running a free beginner chess class at the library, open to all ages. Just gauging interest for now. Would you or your family show up for something like that?

Seems to be doing graffiti in town and I DONT like it. Anyone have any idea who this is?

Looking for recommendation for company specializing in Airdrie/Calgary for crack repairs on wall. An unfinished basement, thin vertical cracks 2. Most likely 1-2 epoxy and or foam injection.

Oh no! What is that in the forecast!?!
Surely It cannot be, it feels like just yesterday I was planting my garden!

Well folks, sorry to say it is that time of year again where Volunteer Airdrie gets their Snow Angel program started up.

Through Volunteer Airdrie's Snow Angel Program volunteers are paired with low-income seniors and those with disabilities who are unable to shovel their own snow, cannot afford to pay someone to shovel and do not have nearby family or friends who can assist them.

This program is vital to helping these members of our community be able to not only avoid bylaw fines, but keep their walkways safe, and be able to safely get out and participate in life in Airdrie.

All ages can volunteer alongside an adult guardian, making this a great way to introduce your children to volunteering and helping the less fortunate. Ages 16+ can volunteer solo with parental consent.

Brief online training and waiver signage is required.

You can sign up here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/tnAVYnKDrr

They act like they're working in the biggest city in Canada, yet they don't even have 100,000 people. Most small towns and counties are incredibly pleasant to deal with, they tend to be very friendly, polite and helpful. Even the Calgary and Epcor inspectors that take on infinitely more workload and difficult projects are much more reasonable to deal with. I've always heard the rumors but never experienced it firsthand. I'm not sure if it's a lack of real world experience outside of their bubble or just being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not even talking about code violations either, which would be completely understandable, but just the way they conduct themselves and the overall pickiness for super small things that don't affect quality or build standard

Look out for this scumbag. He's out on bail and could be stalking the aisles of your local store. He's committed assaults in Walmart's, No Frills, Shoppers Drug Mart and probably others. This behaviour is just disgusting and he's 30 so you know this isn't the beginning for him.

I'm working on getting him banned from as many stores as I possibly can, if anyone wants to help. He should have to order all his necessities from Amazon or instacart. Like no. Actually you don't get to go into stores anymore. That's a privilege that you violated and now you're banned.

Hope he gets jail time too but in the meantime we have to be safe when we are shopping.

Hi everyone,

I'm a journalist with DiscoverAirdrie, and I wanted to share something I've spent nearly a year investigating.

I started pursuing this story because I wanted to better understand the gap between what Alberta's presumptive PTSD legislation is intended to do and what first responders may experience when navigating the workers' compensation system.

In particular, one question kept coming up: What happens after a claim is accepted?

We often hear about the importance of recognizing psychological injuries among first responders, but I wanted to understand what happens beyond that initial recognition.

So I started digging.

Over nearly a year, I spoke with first responders, families, clinicians and public officials. I examined medical records, WCB decisions, legislation and provincial data.

I also wanted to approach the subject fairly. Not every claim follows the same path, and I wasn't interested in starting with a conclusion and working backward.

Part One, published today, examines the legal framework, the available evidence and why an accepted PTSD claim doesn't necessarily mean every decision about treatment, benefits or returning to work has been resolved.

But this is only the beginning of the published investigation.

Part Two will take a closer look at what those subsequent decisions can mean for injured workers and their families, including disputes involving diagnoses, treatment, wage loss and returning to work.

I'm grateful to the people who trusted me with their experiences, including those whose identities I've protected.

I wanted to share this here because I think it's an important subject that deserves careful examination and discussion.

Reminder for all interested that there is a Fight Back Now Rally planned for Saturday, October 17. The rally will be held at the pavilion in front of Airdrie City Hall. The rally is to push back against bad UCP policies and will conclude with a march up Main Street to MLA Pitt's office.

Saturday, October 17 - Airdrie City Hall - 1PM to 230PM

Link for the event: https://fightbacknow.civicdeeds.com/actions/airdrie-fight-back-now-rally-airdrie-city-hall-2026-10-17

Link to AFL news release: https://afl.org/press-release-albertans-to-take-to-the-streets-again-second-province-wide-day-of-protest-set-for-october-17/

Good afternoon, Im new here and i wanna know the office schedule in taking class 7 knowledge test in airdrie registry and what are the requirements?

I'm 39, live in Airdrie and work maintenance at a warehouse in NE Calgary. Been on LTD since Feb after a back injury and surgery, insurer was paying normally then last week I got a letter saying benefits stop end of month because they think I can return to “some” (!) work. My doctor def does not agree.

Never dealt with an appeal before. What matters most here - getting as much medical notes as possibler, asking for their full file/reasoning, talking to a disability lawyer ASAP?Also trying not to screw this up where possible. TY!

If you went to nose creek dogpark and lost your charging case for your earbuds. Theyre in a bag waiting for you by the main entrance. Hopefully that protects the case a bit.

Does anyone have a recommendation for baby gate installation? I'm hoping to get a quote for 2 or 3 gates to be purchased and installed.