r/Airdrie

im planning to do my road test soon, so i was wondering if anyone has any advice for me, what i should practice more, and what routes i can practice

Hey everyone,

(This was approved by the mods prior to posting.)

We live in the Edmonton area. There are many hospitals around, and I've often wondered: Should we drive to a further hospital in search of lower wait times? The answer seems to be yes, most of the time, if you can.

I built this site after my mom waited over 12 hours in the ER for a broken arm—yet another highlight of our broken system in Alberta. The website has no tracking, no ads, and no monetization:

👉 https://alberta-hospital-wait-times.pages.dev/

Here is what it tracks:

• Live ER & Urgent Care Waits: Auto-refreshes estimated wait times every 10 minutes from AHS feeds. If you enable location, it estimates drive times using open routing so you can see the fastest path to care near you.
• Community Lab & Imaging Wait Times: Live walk-in and appointment wait times for APL labs across Calgary, Edmonton, and rural zones, alongside CIHI diagnostic imaging targets.
• Active Service Disruptions: A daily updated map and feed of temporary facility closures, bed shutdowns, and clinical emergency advisories across the province.
• Surgical Backlogs & Primary Care: Breakdown of surgical waitlists by specialty, family doctor acceptance rates, and primary care access indicators.
• Public Health & Wastewater: Respiratory case counts and PHAC wastewater early-warning monitors.
• Regional Equity & Health Spending: Deeper data modules breaking down health disparities across Alberta’s Local Geographic Areas and per-capita healthcare spending compared to other provinces.

A few notes on how it was built:
It’s built with React 19, Vite, and Tailwind. Behind the scenes, an Express backend runs 28 automated scrapers and data pipelines that pull directly from AHS, CIHI, HQCA, StatsCan, and Open Alberta feeds, pushing updates to Cloudflare edge storage so pages load fast on mobile.

GitHub link if anyone is so inclined: https://github.com/thatdaveguy1/Alberta-Hospital-Wait-Times

I’d love to hear feedback if this is useful, and if you see room for improvement!

Disclaimer: This tracker is unofficial and not affiliated with Alberta Health Services. In an emergency, call 911. I cannot be responsible for data errors, website problems, or Alberta Health Services data feeds.

I realize this may be more suited for r/Calgary but here goes. My father in law has never been to a 70mm IMAX like the one in Chinook. We went to landmark country hills and that was fine but not 70mm. We're planning on watching the Odyssey which is the first movie filmed completely in 70mm. I haven't been to Chinook and the reviews of the quality there are iffy. Has anyone been to both and can comment if I should bite the bullet and go to Chinook?

TLDR; Have you been to Chinook and country hills IMAX, is there any quality difference. Want to watch 70mm concerned of quality.

Hi everyone, I’m fairly new to Edmonton and was looking for a reliable pickup truck for work (for context- I have a car but it’s kinda difficult to put all the tools in it plus it gets a lot dirty ), I mostly work in the city with at most 30-45 min drive. Sometimes I have to get outta town on give or take 2-3 hrs drive.
It may seem a post that’s not suitable for the sub. However, I’ve been looking for it everywhere and all I find is “for mechanic”, I literally haven’t seen a single truck on marketplace that’s working.
The budget is low so are my expectations but if anyone could help me out it would be great.
Thanks

Wife is in line at the vehicle registration office. I stayed in the car... Just watching...

Just How??? Amazing how bad people are at basic driving functions. And it's older people. Not kids taking tests.

Can't back into spots... Jesus, one lady couldn't even figure out how to park straight in the middle cause they are arrow shaped spots. LMAO!!

We need a rcmp officer just sitting, watching at the door who can just confiscate licenses at entry. LOL

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Hello r/Airdrie! We’re Drisavo Driving School, and we’re offering a non-promotional Q&A for local learner drivers and parents.

Feel free to ask general questions about:

• Preparing for an Alberta Class 5 road test
• Practising safely with a parent or supervisor
• Parallel parking and other common challenges
• Driving anxiety and building confidence
• Choosing a driving school or instructor
• Winter driving and local road conditions

We’ll provide general educational answers only—no prices, discounts, booking links or guaranteed-pass claims.

What part of learning to drive do you find most difficult or confusing?

16 year old girl here. i really want some money and i can't find anywhere that i can work. i can't drive, i haven't finished highschool, i don't have any friends around here and im not even very smart. i just want something to do this summer i am like ssuuuper bored and i really want money to buy my goodies. i don't have like anyone to hangout with and this summer has just been a hot hell. i just wish i had someone to hangout with or something productive to do. idc who it is i just don't want to feel so lonely anymore. i feel like i want to die if i don't have anything productive to take care of. i keep making problems for myself so i don't keep thinking about dying but it doesn't even work like i keep just going back to being sad and wishing that my life was so much more better and interesting like every other girl's is. what do kids my age even do during summer? do they all just like sit around by themselves on their phones? i have been doing that all day every day for months and it's been killing me. i wish i died like 2 years ago when my life was still fun and i didn't care about the future. now i care about people and like im sk afraid of dying useless without having done anything in my life. ive never really had a friend in real life. ive never had a friend group to hang out with. i hate myself for not socializing when i was younger. i have like 2 really close online friends now and they keep me wanting to live which is great and im really grateful for them. but i wish that i had real, physical people as friends. i think i could make friends once school starts up again but i don't want to wait that long. i know i am being impatient with this and everything will probably be ok when september rolls around but i just can't take it anymore. i have been isolated for more than a year now and id go outside like once or twice a month. ive just been like so depressed and i keep finding new ways to hurt myself and my life. all id do is find people to talk to online and then id get annoyed with them and want to stop talking with them or the other way around. so many people online hate me and think im weird and gross and i hate that it's true. i was wayy too glued to the online world and it really messed me up. idk what i want from posting this i just want someone to see it and want to help me get out of the house more. i want something to do or someone to see and go on walks with. my mom lets me out of the house whenever i want but i haven't been feeling like going out. i used to go out and like get a snack or some cheap makeup or stuff but now i have no more money so i have no more motivation to go out. please i just want anything to do like ill walk your dogs or look after them or something i love dogs. i can be a great friend if we have similar opinions and stuff like i swear im really cool and funny sometimes. idk im probs deleting this soon this is kinda embarrassing. thanks for reading :)

New to Alberta, looking for your recommendations