r/Edmonton

A young Edmontonian became a Good Samaritan after saving the life of a homeless man using CPR.

Someone just messaged me asking if I was okay. Stabbing at the RAH Er. Its not the hospital I work at and I told them to tread carefully what they read on FB but I guess they are seeing multiple sources. I thought RAH has metal detectors installed but so does the airport and not everything is going to detect. If people have intentions to get something through they will. If the source is true I hope everyone is okay. That is scary.

I came from Vancouver, where the apocalypse of the downtown Eastside is essentially large enough that it just becomes its own thing. As such, you can just enjoy the rest of downtown because all of that behaviour and detritus knows where it can go to exist. Sure, it spills out into other parts, but by and large it remains somewhat self-contained.

Downtown Edmonton, for me, feels like an end of the world movie. Empty. People just aimlessly walking around, devoid of any sort of “vibe” (let’s subtract the Oilers from the conversation).

We live on the southside of the river, and took the kids on the LRT to go check out the library downtown. What a beautiful building, but holy crap, it felt like I was walking through a day-use homeless shelter. I couldn’t find a single pocket where I had a nice “ah”, at peace situation to just sit down and chill. Guys literally selling drugs while sitting down at a table, some spaced out guy spilled an entire 2L of Dr. Pepper on the floor, and then just walked away.

We then tried walking around a few more blocks before thinking, “F this place, let’s get out of here”. Back on the train and left downtown.

I’m just curious, for those who have been around here for awhile, was it ever better before?

What’s the solution do you think to actually make downtown a fun place to be? (on non-Oilers nights).

A feral domestic rabbit population is quietly growing in a north Edmonton neighbourhood, and residents say they’ve been left to manage the problem on their own.

Have you ever been out for a walk in the river valley and wished you had packed a snack?

Is anyone planning on going to the motorshow? Interested but apparently last year’s was not great, there’s a thread on it.

On the fence obviously, but I guess it can’t be worse than Kdays. Or can it..? 🤣

A series of phone scams in the last month involving stolen bank cards has prompted a warning from Edmonton police as they have charged one but continue to look for suspects.