Hey from the Czech Republic! I'm a hockey journalist heading to Edmonton for the World Juniors, and I've got a question for the locals...

This year, I was put in charge of booking my own accommodation, so I just typed "Rogers Place" into Airbnb, hoping to find something within walking distance so I wouldn't have to deal with buses or public transit. I found a nice place for a good price north of the arena, about a 15-minute walk away, and booked it right away.

Then I started reading the reviews, and a few people mentioned that the neighborhood wasn't exactly the safest. I checked Google Street View and noticed quite a few homeless people and drug users hanging around the area. Unfortunately, I didn't think about anything like this before.

So... should I actually be worried and maybe start looking for somewhere else to stay? I'm fully expecting to come across some people high on drugs or passed out on the sidewalks, but what I'm really wondering about is my own safety, especially when walking back from games at night.

Minneapolis and St. Paul weren't exactly great last year either, but I survived.

Looking for people who have done this flight as I’ve seen it comes and goes pretty regularly. I have never flown internationally (nothing more than 5 hours ever) and I have extreme flight anxiety. I am planning to do this flight in January on my own. Just looking for some experience of how this route is such as the level of turbulence, the service provided and how the aircraft itself feels! Really anything at all may help! Thanks in advance!

Edit: I can’t reply to everyone but oh my gosh this has been the most helpful response I’ve ever gotten on here!! Thank you to everyone who replied I already feel so much more confident about taking this flight :)

Edit 2: this is seriously the nicest comment section I have ever had on a reddit post😭😭 Thank you so much again everyone. I truly hope every commenter as a wonderful life :)

just wanted to reminisce about the maybe the one and only time i went to the red’s restaurant at wem as a kid

ordered the mac and cheese. remember when it came to the table. it was shape/molded like a triangle block of cheddar.

remember thinking how cool that was. mixed with their atmosphere. red’s was pretty bad ass.

the good ol’ days

Are there any TCG stores in Edmonton that sell bulk 'junk' cards? I've contacted a bunch of stores and all seem to only sell cards as singles, offloading the 'junk' cards to bulk sellers who repackage them and sell elsewhere.

I'm just looking for cards for a 6 year old so he can bring them to school, trade them, etc. I could buy them online but it would be a more fun experience for him to go into a store to get them.

Is anyone with Shaw having internet outages in the downtown area?

Ate out this morning and folks said something’s wrong with the system and can only accept cash or credit (no debit). Went to get ice cream next but they also had a sign cash only now. Is something wrong?

Spotted this poster at the Kokoriko Fried Chicken counter in the food court at Lucky Supermarket’s Southside location on Calgary Trail yesterday. 🇰🇷

Looks like Korean Culture Day is happening today, October 24! Sharing in case anyone in Edmonton is interested in checking it out.

I had to repost this again because there was an incorrect mistake with the date in the title.

This one was tricky. Never felt a good connection to it while painting it but she's done!

"Countdown to Summer"

48" × 30"

Oil on canvas

As the title says, I want a fun cookie jar and I'd really like it to be made by a local artist. I've been to a few art markets now, on the lookout for one, but none of the ceramic artists I've seen have had one or been the kind of style I'm looking for to make it worth a request. A fun style could be colour, shape- I'm just looking for something with some character in it! Something that will make me smile and want to bake cookies for it! Not really feeling the neutral earth tone clayware look. Please let me know if you have reccomendations on artists or where to look next. Thanks!

I'm by the Save On at Jasper & 109. For the past hour, there has been deep, throbbing noise - it sounds like some kind of generator or something, but it's extremely loud: I'm inside, many floors up, and can hear it with windows closed. (It's much louder from my balcony.) I can't see the source. Anyone know what it is?

Alright. I was on here a month ago bemoaning that the Alberta Ballet didn’t have much for substance these days. Tonight they proved to me that they do (and I hope they find a way to keep this going all season long).

The show was everything you’d want.. Costumes & set? Whimsical. Choreography? Bold, brilliant and at times bizarre. Dancers? Hilarious and left everything on the stage. Perfect show for the spooky season.

Will be going again tomorrow and hope you’ll consider joining me! They have two shows in Edmonton on Saturday and then in Calgary next weekend.

Congrats to the dancers and Edward!

There seems to be no clouds where I am too, so i am seeing a lot of planets or stars too. It’s beautiful.

Does anyone know what is going on at the wine and beyond in Windermere today? Massive lineup going around the building

I’m actually still in shock as I write this post so please bear with me.

What the actual hell is going on with bus drivers in this city? Speeding, bumper riding, constantly honking horns, yelling/swearing at other drivers and riders, not stopping at designated stops, not waiting for passengers clearly running for the bus, not waiting for elderly people to find their seats before driving off, not letting people out from the back doors that are asking to be let off.

Ive watched all of these things happen multiple times in the last few months. I’ve been taking transit for years, morning and evening, rush hours and slow hours. Across all routes. Never have I witnessed behaviour like this before. I saw an elderly person desperately trying to rush to bus stop in the rain, waving his hands only to be driven past. He was only a couple of feet away from the stop. I’ve seen an elderly person thrown to floor because the driver couldn't be bothered to wait 5 seconds for them to sit. Dont even get me started in all the near accidents that have almost happened, not because of other drivers but because of the impatience and entitlement of the transit drivers! Today was what prompted me to finally make this post. I witnessed a child, struggling to remove his arc card from his backpack to tap off and panicking, beg the driver to wait a moment who was activity trying to drive away only for the driver to scream (yes scream!) at them to hurry up and stop wasting everyones time. The child was tears! I couldn’t believe it. How disgusting to treat anyone in such a manner let alone a little kid.

The complete lack of professionalism is staggering. If any other public servants behaved like this there be mass retraining programs and public apologies. This isn’t one particular driver or one particular route. Its EVERYWHERE. ETS needs to do something. This is getting downright dangerous! I can empathize with the strain of dealing with the public. I can appreciate the stress that comes with navigating the city all day but we have to do better. People are being hurt and dare I say victimized by our transit staff. How can this be let to continue? Am I the only one noticing this disturbing trend?

Yeesh! Hows it in the center of the city?

I'm looking to kill some of my free time by joining a boxing/mma gym that has a decent price, good crowd/ coaches that you can actually learn and get better over time and possibly weights as well so I can cancel my gym membership.

Is there any store in Edmonton that sells Christmas Cacti with true purple flowers? We have had a pink flowering cactus for over 40 years (propagated from my Mom's which was propagated from my Grandmother's). We have had a white flowering cactus for 2 years now, and would like to add purple to our collection of plants.

Hi fellow Edmontonians. Wondering if anyone has suggestions on where I can buy good quality red hard candy and caramel apples for Halloween in the city. Hoping for something fresh, where the coating isn’t so thick you can’t even bit into it. I’ve tried to make them before and they’ve always been a mess with the coatings sliding off the apple. I could be convinced to try again if anyone has a fast and true easy method…but I would rather skip it and buy them.

All suggestions welcome!