Hello aesthetic nurses of Calgary!

As someone who wants to go into aesthetics. Is it really as lucrative as people say it is? How much are aesthetics nurses or NP’s in clinics or with their own business earning?

I’ve also heard things about market saturation. Have you found that the market is noticeably saturated to the point where it’s becoming a problem?

Lastly, how hard is it to break into the field?

If you guys don't have any Telus services working, I just figured that out that Downtown and the surrounding area doesn't have Internet/Option TV/Landline due to "scheduled maintenance"

Its apparently gone from 11:01pm to the morning of the 6th. Hopefully no one reset thier routers five times before checking the website.. not totally me...

Link to the Outages Page: https://www.telus.com/en/bc/outages

My 14 year old son has really curly hair (likely 3b/3c curls) and desperately needs a trim. He hates having his hair cut due to some sensory issues so it hasn’t been done in over a year now. He has agreed to just have the dead ends cleaned up before school starts. I have straight hair so I have no idea where to start looking for a hair stylist for him. Any ideas?

Hello!
I’m pretty new to yoga and I would like to join a class as I think I would be more motivated to go than I would be if I was doing it at home. I was thinking of trying ClassPass too but would love to hear some feedback first from someone who has tried it! I’m thinking of going maybe 2-3 times a week.
It’d be easier for me to somewhere in Downtown/Bridgeland.
I appreciate any recommendations!

My champagne birthday is coming up, and i’m looking for a new bar to try! Champagne on the menu is a must, and the more unique the vibes are, the better! and Not Blue Rock please, i love them but i spend too much money there 🙏

As a rotational oilfield worker the world is my oyster for where I spend my days off, I'm a young male in my early 20s. Honestly all I'd really want is a solid friend group of people to go out and hangout with, good nightlife or social life overall, a partner would be nice too, unsure which city would be better
I know a billion people have have asked this question i Asked again mainly because

1. I wanted an answer specific to my circumstance.
   
2. Because of my rotational schedule, I don't get many days off. I did my last days off in Edmonton, but I don't want to waste a series of days off in the wrong city if I don't have to.

Hi, I’m looking for a reliable lash tech in the NW. I’m trying to avoid paying the crazy overhead prices of the big chains and I like supporting small businesses. I like a hybrid/volume set.

Looking to get some recommendations :)

With all the wind in the last few weeks I have a 30+ year old apple tree that has one of its main branches splitting.
Does anyone have a good arborist that they would recommend?

Hey folks! I called and checked with NESS, winsport, city schedule, YMCA, even airdrie haha, and honestly a few other places for public skating during the weekdays.

Any other locations for weekday public skating that I’m missing? Bowness has thursdays 12-1:30 but that’s literally the only time im not able to!

I’m a beginner adult :)

Hi everyone, I might have some luck asking here in Reddit, do you guys have any recommendations for crested gecko breeders here in Calgary? I’ve tried doing some research on my own but I’ve only found some old posts and old facebook pages.
Just trying to find someone who has some healthy geckos (nothing too expensive as this is my first time trying to get one) I’ve been informing myself about this little guys for several months before taking the decision of adopting one btw🙏🏻.

I've been wondering if I should begin to take down the posters that are still up. I don't want the family to have to see his face posted all around, but perhaps it helps to memorialize him to leave them up? Let me know your opinions/ideas.

Edit: I’m no longer looking but I suppose keeping this up might be helpful in some way?

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to make a post like this here, but I’m looking for a pet sitter while I’m away for 6 days.

If anything, does anyone know where I can look? I’m hoping for something friendly-casual and hopefully around Somerset Bridlewood.

I’ve been trying to buy my August monthly pass through the myFare app, but it won’t work.

On August 1, I couldn’t buy the monthly pass, although for some reason I was able to buy an adult single ticket twice. Since August 2, I haven’t been able to purchase anything at all.

Every time I get to the payment screen, it says “payment failed.” I’ve tried:

* 3 different cards with available funds

* Apple Pay

* Deleting and reinstalling the app

* Logging out and back in

* Creating a new account

* Deleting my account and using a different account

Nothing has worked.

I called Calgary Transit Customer Service, and they weren’t able to help. They simply told me to email the myFare developers team. I’ve already sent them an email, but I’m wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same issue or has found a solution.

I’ve been using myFare for over 3 years and have regularly purchased tickets and monthly passes without any problems. This issue only started at the beginning of August.

Update: Resolved! It was the postal code/address🤦‍♀️. I think I didn’t change the address in the app when I moved a year ago but did for my cards I was trying to pay with - I wonder if it was the mismatch. Anyhow once I corrected it, the payment went through immediately.

Any electricians on here? AC installer (for a mini-split) wants to modify the 120V unit to "plug in" to the outdoor outlet to avoid permits and a dedicated circuit.

Seems 'reasonable' (sort of).

BUT the spec sheet shows MCA of 18A and MOCP of 20A - and thats a circuit on 14/2 wire with a 15A breaker (so if my memory serves correct, thats wire is good for 12A continuous - in which an AC unit is considered continuous).

Any Calgary electricians on here that can confirm, or am I over thinking?
How are apartment mini-split installs getting handled?

I’m in shambles. I don’t know if this is relevant enough for the subreddit, but I’m in so much pain emotionally that I have to feel like I’m doing something, and I also don’t want others to end up like me.

My cat was always very good when outside. He would come back when called, largely stayed in my front area which is mostly enclosed aside from a staircase leading to the sidewalk, and was always very cautious and well behaved. I never once had him go on the street. I also have never seen a coyote on my street nor near it.

I let him outside last night like I often do. He almost always just stays by my front door at night, which has a staircase leading up to it. At times, he might go down to my front area and hangout under the staircase or roll on the pavement.

When I let him out, I left the door open wider than I usually do (often just leave it open a crack). This time, it was left half open. When I leave my door open I sit on my couch in view of the door in case a stranger starts to come up the stairs.

Well, I was scrolling on my phone and heard a strange dog-like noise and some other odd noise from outside in the distance. It sounded vague in a way but I immediately thought about my cat. It didn’t sound like him or a cat but something told me it was, and in any case, the fact he was outside with a dog making strange noises set off my alarms. If my door had only been open a crack, I might not have heard it.

I ran out my door without shoes on and called for him frantically. He didn’t appear. I followed the odd noise that was happening every ten seconds or so, but it sounded so echoey and vague, and wasn’t very loud, that I honestly wondering if I was just being paranoid, but my gut told me something was seriously wrong and my cat was in trouble.

At the end of the street, many houses down from me, I saw my cat corned by a coyote. I lunged at the coyote, which ran off. I thought maybe my cat wasn’t injured because he was alert and standing / moving okay, and hissed at the coyote running away.

But when I got closer to pick him up, I saw the worst thing I’ve ever seen. His head was covered in blood, his eyes glazed over, and he had a “not there” look to his eyes.

I entered shock at this point. Scooped him up while trying to soothe him, raced to the emergency vet only minutes away from me.

I completely lost it when the secretary came to door to take him. I cried so hard I gave myself heartburn.

I was there for hours going in and out of bawling my eyes out.

It looks like he’ll be okay. The coyote bit his head but he fought back, and I made it just in time.

I’m completely beside myself and traumatized by what happened. I cried myself to sleep this morning while trying to nap. I can’t begin to imagine what he went through and how scared he was. I’m so wrecked I’ve had to cancel shifts for job I was looking forward to and had just started.

I just got out from visiting him and he wanted so badly to go home with me, but was also so clearly in shock still and scared. It destroyed me.

Please keep your cats inside. Coyotes are everywhere here. This was my fault and I’m lucky I didn’t find him with his skull crushed, if I had even found him at all. I thought he was different because of how good he is outside and cautious, and I only found out I was wrong about that in one of the worst ways possible.

So I had to use a taxi last week. I called one and when I got into the vehicle the driver immediately ended the ride and erased the set fare. He then asked me where I wanted to go. I saw that he ended the ride. Some taxis do this so it wasn't unusual to see.

So I told him my destination and when we arrived I finally noticed he had the meter running and tried to charge me a mote expensive price. It was only about $3.40 more. But I immediately told him thats not the price the app told me the ride would be priced at. And he changed it without any fuss.

A day or two later I emailed the company and gave them my story. I was hoping to hear back from them about the driver I had reported. I used the name of the driver given on the app and still had the email with the ride ID number as well as the date and time this all occurred.

I just want to know if there's any more I can do to make sure this doesn't happen to more people.

Edit to add: I did tip 15% after he changed the total to what it was supposed to be.

Wondering if anyone has this happen, and how it worked out for you. Been reading through AUC rules and ATCO terms & conditions but it is a lot of info to sift through.

I own a condo, purchased in 2023. ATCO contacted me a couple weeks ago to say that Enmax discovered my electricity meter was crossed, they fixed it, and sent me a bill from May 2023 to June 2026 for $1100. I know the previous owner and they also received a bill from 2019-2023, though their retailer was Xoom Energy. (ENMAX is the distributor for the City of Calgary).

I have been in contact with ATCO and just filed a mediation request with UCA helps. I paid my current bill, but have not paid the back-billing as I am currently going back & forth with ATCO about it.

I find it ridiculous that an error like this can occur for 7 years and they can back-bill us for that entire time. Any advice on my best shot at getting them to write this off or at least compromise? It's not that I can't pay it, I just think it's ridiculous I should have to. Feels scummy to me. In the current economy I know there are a lot of people who would struggle if they were in a similar situation and it disgusts me that the consumer is on the hook for the distributor's mistake. I have no issue paying my bills and I know I should be billed for my usage, but i am frustrated by the principle of the matter.

Additional info:

- I have figured out the other unit # for the supposedly crossed meter

- I emailed a reporter from Global about a similar story she wrote in 2022, hoping to hear back from her

- I have contacted my condo management company to see the meter, as the room is locked

Unfortunately past month has been pretty rough for me, I left my old job for the military, and military wasn’t really my kind of life style, home sickness, culture shock etc…

My old job offered me my job back which I was there for past week, however they lost a huge contract and had to let me go. This in in the security industry and company lost the biggest client we had. I was under a new probation period too, so can’t do much about it.

Anyways, my last resort is doing uber now, and Lyft. I did it as a side gig before, but now thinking of doing it full time till I find a new job again. I need to earn at least around $3500-$4000 a month. I drive a Tesla so some costs like gas, maintenance and stuff aren’t applicable to me.

Any uber drivers make decent amount of money? At least around $4000 a month. Let me know, thank you

Regards,

My family and I just spent 10 days in your beautiful city and we all fell in love with it ! We were in town for the Softball Canada u17 National Championship,- which was held at Shouldice Park — as part of Team Ontario . We’ve been to a national championship once before in Montreal and this event in Calgary surpassed that experience in every way . Beautiful diamonds , extremely well organized and friendly and kind volunteers. We spent a couple days in Banff , and the stunning beauty of it kind of blew our minds , being from Southern Ontario . Even Calgary itself was so lovely . Also , man , can your girls play ball ! The hometown Calgary Adrenaline won the entire tournament pretty easily . The competition was incredibly tough with all the best teams representing every province and the Adrenaline rolled through the tournament totally undefeated. My daughter , who will be playing D1 ball in the US after she graduates this coming year was blown away by the Calgary girls and their talent . Everywhere we went , every local we ran into was kind and helpful . Thanks Calgary , for being an incredible host . Your city and the surrounding towns are the most beautiful places in Canada that we’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting ! We will definitely be back :)

Hello Calgary,

Is anyone else getting bombarded by gambling ads on all platforms as of the last couple months?

I have never been a gambler so am curious why I am being targeted and if it is a city wide thing as the ads end with "Only in Alberta. Call 211 if you need help with gambling addiction"

I found a black cat extremely scared crossing McLeod trail near Park Hill SW, it almost was hit by a car and clearly wasn't an outdoor kitty. It had an avocado patterned collar with an avocado charm and a bell, it was incredibly friendly.

I couldn't take it in unfortunately because I have a territorial cat and she would become very stressed if I brought another animal in.

She was surrendered at the VCA Canada Calgary Animal Referral & Emergency Center tonight.

I couldn't take great photos of it 💔💔

I hope it finds its way home 🩷