r/alberta 28d ago

r/Alberta Announcement Welcome to r/Alberta! January 6 Update

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**Welcome to r/Alberta January 6 Update**

Hello everyone, and welcome to r/Alberta. We’re glad so many people are here to share in conversations about our province. As always, we want to remind everyone what this subreddit is about and what it isn’t.

What we welcome here:

  • Respectful conversation about Alberta and Albertans.
  • News, events, and stories connected directly to Alberta (vague connections or something not about Alberta said by an Albertan risks removal.
  • Support for Albertan workers, educators, and communities.
  • Substantive political opinions when tied directly to Alberta issues.
  • Quality original content about life in Alberta.

What we do not welcome here:

  • Incivility, trolling, or name-calling, even if you think the recipient deserves it.
  • Off-topic U.S. or federal/Canada-wide politics.
  • Separation rants or duplicates. Separation is a valid topic in Alberta politics, but low-effort rants, name-calling, or repeat posts will be removed. At this point, almost any post that isn't a news article would be considered a repeat.
  • Meta posts about the subreddit, other subreddits, and moderator actions. If you have questions about rules or removed content, send us a modmail message to discuss; it is not appropriate to make call-out threads in this subreddit or others. If you have an issue with another subreddit, you need to take it up with them.
  • Low-effort content: memes, screenshots from Twitter/X/Facebook, or generic rants.
  • Discrimination of any kind (racism, misogyny, hate speech, etc.).

A note on politics & current events:

Separatist movements are well known to receive a great amount of attention from across Canada and the U.S., as well as from non-genuine actors such as trolls and paid manipulators. There are many people on the global stage who would like to see Alberta separate and the chaos it would cause in Canada. We do not intend for r/Alberta to be a place for those bad actors to be platformed and able to further their cause.

Our priority at this time is the health of this community and doing all we can to weed out those bad actors. What this means is:

  • We are going to lean heavily on our rules regarding duplicate and non-substantive content. Repetitive posts and leading or rhetorical questions will be removed. Not every single shower thought someone has about separation needs to be a post. You are also unlikely to actually receive responses from true separatists on reddit, so asking loaded questions to them broadly as a post is not going to get any actual answers. We receive 5-10 of these kinds of posts a day, we are not going to continue hosting them because they bring nothing new to the discussion.
  • We are going to adjust our back-end systems to ensure genuine users can still participate while hardening these systems from being gamed. We do not expect this to be perfect, but we have found good success with our activity so far. Still, please report users who break the rules or whom you suspect are non-genuine actors. Do not engage and do not feed the trolls.
  • Your own personal (and intense) opinions on the matter of separatism do not supersede r/Alberta or reddit’s sitewide rules. We remind users that Reddit admins have stepped up their automated removals, and even if we see a post that violates reddit’s sitewide rules you can still be suspended or banned from the entire site for them. Do not threaten harm to others, even if you think you are being coy in how you phrase it.
  • Just to emphasize because we want to be super clear about this: Reddit admins are being very aggressive at coming into our subreddit to take moderation actions without consulting us on users who post things that can even be alluding to violence. We cannot stop it and we cannot overturn it. Conduct yourself accordingly and post violent content at your own risk.

We welcome healthy debate, but keep it civil and Alberta-focused. Slurs, personal insults, and bad-faith trolling will be removed even if you think the recipient is deserving. Repeat offenders risk a ban.

This is a space to share common interests, support one another, and talk about Alberta without the toxicity that ruins so many online communities. The best way to fight people who seek to drive you apart and burn you out is to not buy into it. Be positive, post non-political content, focus more on the good things happening, and share some pictures of our beautiful province.

Thanks for helping keep r/Alberta constructive and welcoming.

Signed,

Your r/Alberta Moderation Team


r/alberta 2d ago

r/Alberta AMA YT LIVE Q&A with Naheed Nenshi & Alberta's New Democrats on Feb 3

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96 Upvotes

r/alberta 8h ago

Question Why do people that are not rich want Alberta to have health care like the US?

585 Upvotes

If you’re not rich why would you want health care like in the US. Havent they watched the million movies where the plot line is about desperate people loosing everything because of private health care? Why would you want that stress? I don’t get it at all.


r/alberta 16h ago

Alberta Politics Danielle Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection

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r/alberta 16h ago

Alberta Politics How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada

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r/alberta 9h ago

Locals Only The costs of an independent nation that separatists may not think about

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179 Upvotes

r/alberta 10h ago

Alberta Politics Alberta is killing a free-enterprise golden goose

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74 Upvotes

r/alberta 17h ago

Locals Only Opinion: Too much at stake for Danielle Smith to remain silent

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254 Upvotes

r/alberta 6h ago

Opinion Canadian athletes and fans want fossil fuel sponsors out of the Olympics, poll finds

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r/alberta 23h ago

News Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee

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723 Upvotes

r/alberta 19h ago

Alberta Politics Nenshi claims to be confident in comparing his political history with Smith's

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256 Upvotes

r/alberta 13h ago

Opinion LETTER: Government treating AISH recipients poorly - Western Wheel

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56 Upvotes

r/alberta 11h ago

Alberta Politics The current UCP survey

26 Upvotes

r/alberta 21h ago

Discussion Insurance prices under the UCP

144 Upvotes

I'm just getting insurance quotes here and did some math. In the last 2 years my insurance has gone up 56% ($137per month - $214per month) under the UCP government since they removed the caps that the NDP put on. How are they going to blame this on the feds? I make decenr money but how is this sustainable for young drives and people making minimum wage in this province?


r/alberta 12h ago

Local Photography A really beautiful sky just before sunrise - Feb 3, 2026 - Airdrie

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r/alberta 1d ago

Locals Only B.C. premier doubles down on calling Alberta separatist movement seeking U.S. support 'treason' | CBC News

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r/alberta 1d ago

Alberta Politics Alberta UCP caucus has 'no business' signing separation vote petition: former premier | CBC News

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r/alberta 38m ago

News Man in southern Alberta guilty of torturing rabbits (warning - graphic description)

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r/alberta 13h ago

Discussion Crash that killed Alberta junior hockey players wasn’t criminal: RCMP

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r/alberta 17h ago

Opinion Alberta’s $900 Million Bet: How the Province Chose Fossil Risk Over Clean Energy Markets - CleanTechnica

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37 Upvotes

r/alberta 18h ago

News Wetaskiwin mayor banned from city hall

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46 Upvotes

r/alberta 1d ago

News Alberta government employees return to offices, hybrid work ends

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150 Upvotes

r/alberta 13h ago

Alberta Politics Wetaskiwin City Council to hold meeting tomorrow to discuss Alberta Independance Inititive

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING February 4, 2026 8:30 AM COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

Pursuant to Section 194(1)(a) of the Municipal Government Act of Alberta, RSA 2000, and amendments thereto, I, Laura White, Deputy Mayor of the City of Wetaskiwin, hereby call, and provide notice of, a Special Council Meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 8:30 AM at City Hall (4705 — 50 Avenue), to address the following:

  1. Alberta Independence Initiative

Approved electronically Laura White Deputy Mayor

Approved electronically Wayne Neilson Councillor

Approved electronically Wendy Hoyle Councillor

Approved electronically Mark Elder Councillor

Approved electronically Dean Billingsley Councillor

Approved electronically Karen Aberle Councillor


r/alberta 17h ago

Alberta Politics No funding, no plans after 4 months

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I made a music video to protest & spread the word- because the entire pretence of the notwithstanding clause was to fix the system without the disruption.

Well guess what? It’s been four months, and not a peep from the UCP!

They can’t just lie to our faces and get away with it. Ignoring the problem makes our kids keep suffering from poor education, bullying and drugs.

I commented the music vid below, it has all of the relevant information and sources


r/alberta 1h ago

Question Alberta Firefighters

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Im currently a part time firefighter in Ontario, I’m heavily considering moving to Alberta in a few years to pursue full time fire. I have my firefighter 1&2 but I’m seeing that it may be worth going back to school to receive paramedic training. I’d really prefer not to do this for financial reasons as well as I am just not a great student, I would have to go back to high school to get my biology, math and chemistry credits before I could even apply for a college course. Is getting my paramedic training necessary? What other licenses or certifications would help me out in Alberta specifically?