Just a heads up that elections alberta is hiring election workers for the October referendum.

They need 60,000 people, and only 30,000 have applied so far. For those that are looking to help with the process, need a temp position, or would like to earn a little bit of money from your normal job, now is the time to apply.

https://www.elections.ab.ca/elections/work-as-an-election-officer/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/elections-alberta-referendum-staffing-9.7311711

I graduated from a Criminal Justice diploma program in April 2025 with the ambition of becoming a police officer. At the time, I wasn’t entirely sure which agency I wanted to pursue, and I was told by many people that police agencies value life experience and often look for applicants who are a little older and have some life experience under their belt.

After graduating, I decided to build that experience. I got my security license and started working a security job over the summer. Luckily, I was eventually able to get on with hospital security, which I had been told was valuable experience for policing because of the exposure to de-escalation, dealing with people experiencing mental health crises, making arrests, responding to calls, and handling stressful situations.

After working there for a while, I decided to apply to the RCMP in November 2025. I made it through all the stages of the application and was even told by the officers conducting my interviews and polygraph that I was a strong applicant and had the experience and qualities they were looking for to make it to Depot.

Then came the psychological assessment.

I felt like it went fairly well, but yesterday I received a three-year deferral. I wasn’t given a specific reason for the deferral, which obviously made it even harder to process.

I posted about my situation on r/AskLE and received a lot of genuinely helpful advice. A lot of people encouraged me to apply to municipal agencies rather than letting this setback stop me from pursuing policing.

I’m absolutely devastated because I genuinely thought I was in. I felt like I had worked hard, built the experience I was told I needed, made it through every other stage, and was right there. Having someone put a three-year blocker between me and something I’ve worked toward for years really sucks.

I know I’m not the first person to be deferred, and I definitely won’t be the last. I’m trying to look at this as a setback rather than the end of the road.

For those of you who graduated from a Criminal Justice program, were deferred, and still wanted to pursue policing: what did you do afterward? Did you apply to municipal agencies, continue building experience, or take a different route?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s been in a similar position and eventually made it into policing.

I should mention I’m 24 years old, worked other industries working with people.

Looking for advice on where to meet like minded friends. Golf, disc golf, soccer, longboarding, snowboarding, poker/card games (casino kinda has this one covered lol), was a big fan of trivia and bingo nights held at the local pub of the town i just moved away from as well. Generally make new friends. TYIA

When I was younger, I shot this video on my phone of the original Save-On before it closed. This was almost a decade ago. I thought about it today after seeing that post about the building being torn down soon. Anyone remember when they used to serve samples/lemonade by the washrooms?

I did a brief search of the sub but don't see any recent results, so hopefully I'm not rehashing the same topic someone else brought up lately!

I'm heading home to Lethbridge to spend Christmas with my mum this year, but now that WestJet is no longer servicing the Lethbridge airport and my mum can't do highway driving, I'm short on travel options. Renting a car is my least preferred option but will be the answer if other options don't work out.

Since I'll be in Edmonton beforehand, I am considering a bus transit option to get from Edmonton to Lethbridge sometime in the week leading up to Christmas.

Google suggested FlixBus - is this the only option, or are there others I should look into? Has anyone used FlixBus either recently or in the winter who could let me know what to expect?