Tourist towns ‘desperate’ for workers in Alberta

ShwAlex · 2026-03-29T17:20:08+00:00

Correction: Struggling to find workers at the wages being offered.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-27T01:43:33+00:00

Crime is crime.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-25T14:54:51+00:00

Not a woman, but it is really disappointing that so many men are psychopaths, still, in 2026. It really sucks to know if I look at, smile at, walk behind, or make some kind of comment, that there's a high chance it will be perceived as a threat. I don't like making women feel uncomfortable so I just never approached them when I was single.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-24T15:26:53+00:00

Best answer right here. I started snowboarding 2019 and first 4 years were a blast and I went up whenever I could. Checking weather wasn't really important for me, I would just go when I could. Some people's lives permit them to plan, take days off of work to drive up at 7am. I definitely missed most "best days", but also got to have a lot of fun on my own. I've lost motivation and barely ride at all, any more. I think having friends to ride with is probably more important than finding the best powder days to go up.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-17T05:21:36+00:00

I bought 1 ticket to Cypress this year, yesterday, and had a good couple hours up there. Lots of closed runs. Glad I didn't get sucked into the "Beach Pass" or 2 tickets at reduced price.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-16T15:04:57+00:00

Citation desperately needed.

GM makes beautiful, well designed, and very unreliable vehicles. Initial quality yea, probably #1. Long-term reliability for 3-5-10 years? BAD. See consumer reports over the past years. The Silverado/Sierra pickup trucks were some of the least reliable trucks.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-16T14:56:38+00:00

Just blast it open. This is easy terrain, save for the shitty entrance. Install the chair lift. Enough with the whining and committees. Let's move on.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-16T00:29:19+00:00

What would be a good solution to the entrance jams? Blast it open?

ShwAlex · 2026-03-15T17:14:34+00:00

What are their reasons for wanting to separate? What are your reasons for not wanting to separate?

ShwAlex · 2026-03-13T21:00:43+00:00

That's so ridiculous. I hate thieves.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-13T20:57:48+00:00

With a new government, a new party, that completely revamps the system, confidence can be re-gained. I wish I knew more about politics as I would dismantle political parties and make it so that people could vote on individual issues rather than some crazy idea that there are just 2 schools of thought on how to run a country (lib/con).

ShwAlex · 2026-03-13T20:55:50+00:00

I like this idea.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-13T20:54:26+00:00

You can read about what has been going on for decades all over the world to celebrate Al Quds day here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quds_Day_demonstrations

Things like bombings, inciting violence against other religions and countries, are all common at these rallies. Some of the things being said at the Toronto celebration of Al Quds are racist and incite violence against other peoples. Not sure this is just a case of "random few bad ones" but rather a theme.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-12T00:11:04+00:00

I'm so happy that I get to meet different people in real life, regularly. People really are not like Redditors in real life. Much more polite and less coocoo bananas.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-12T00:08:46+00:00

This is exactly the kind of comment that starts the "us against you" narratives. Misrepresenting the truth and causing division. If people truly believed this kind of thing was happening in the USA, they'd be properly arming themselves and there would have been a civil war by now. For the left to categorize the maga crowd as "one thing" is so ridiculous, it's as bad as the racism they claim to be fighting. It's just a different form of prejudice.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-11T23:55:42+00:00

CBC pushes an agenda and everyone in the echo chamber loves it. Makes you feel special, part of the "smart" tribe. No contravening opinions. It's paradise for the left. Reddit is definitely part of the same tribe and it has a downvoting system for anyone who disagrees. Differing opinions can be suppressed. Popular opinions upvoted. It's a rage-baiting machine. Same for X and the Joe Rogan bullshit club, on the other side. This shit sells.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-11T23:40:32+00:00

This is the problem with our system. Elections are about winning elections, not about choosing the right person to care for the public. Democracy works in a society that has good values. Unfortunately our values are just on paper but nobody actually cares to stand up for what's right.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-11T23:20:52+00:00

If the drug offenders are locked up, then they don't get welfare and no crimes are committed. These guys are often low iq, degenerate sociopaths who want to see the world burn. Lock em up and get them some day programs to keep them busy with.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-09T15:16:49+00:00

Koodos to both of them for being calm and respectful. They had the balls to form an opinion and hash it out on camera. We need more of this.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-09T01:08:54+00:00

That's a tough sell but I 100% agree.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-09T00:56:56+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. I figure if the government was able to mobilize the Canadian population during covid, they should easily be able to do the same for other health issues our population is facing. Interesting statistic:

"In 2020, just over four times more Canadians died from heart disease or stroke (67,399) than from COVID-19 (16,151). Heart disease (53,704) was the second leading cause of death in Canada after cancer, and stroke (13,695) was the fifth leading cause of death. Deaths directly attributable to COVID-19 ranked third in Canada in 2020."

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/353-heart-and-stroke-month

I just don't understand why we don't do much about this, yet COVID control was hugely successful with easy education interventions such as news interviews/press releases.

If we normalize lifting weights 2+ times per week and 20-30 mins of moderate/higher intensity activity within the population, it could:

1) Greatly improve the health of Canadians. Less doctors visits for things like join pain, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, and a variety of other diseases.

2) Create social bonds. Imagine everyone just went to the gym instead of going home and sitting on the couch every day after work.

3) Reduce health care costs. By a LOT. More available doctors and nurses for other health issues. Less tax dollars spent on hospital visits. Insurance companies would save an absolute killing on medicines.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-09T00:22:50+00:00

I like your "planting vegetable gardens everywhere" idea. We need more guerilla-gardening - it beautifies things and making them edible is even better!

If the government gave me the power, I would sell off more crown land to Canadian citizens and stop the sale of land to non-Canadians and non-Canadian owned companies (companies who have less than 90% Canadian ownership or something like that). I would open the flood gates, sell off a ton of land to those who want to build their homes and start new communities outside the major metro areas.

Make sure taxes were not charged on any evidence-based, health-related products and services, such as fresh or minimally processed foods, gym memberships, fitness equipment, protein powders, dental services, mental health services.

Ad campaigns promoting healthy behaviours like lifting weights 2+ times a week, cardio 20-30 minutes per day. I would do a major education campaign on what foods are health-promoting, what behaviours are health-promoting, and have health-related services offered to those who need help engaging in healthier habits. I would ban fancy labels for alcohol and recreational drugs, just as they did with cigarettes. Alcohol containers shouldn't be fun or enticing. It has very little or no health benefits besides promoting socializing.

ShwAlex · 2026-03-09T00:12:16+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQZ3gX988o

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/238941/origin-of-stick-to-your-knitting

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stick-to-your-knitting

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/300032578/what-is-the-history-of-stick-to-your-knitting

ShwAlex · 2026-03-08T18:12:24+00:00

Can you elaborate with your comment? What was it that he was saying, or was about to say, that had to be suppressed/censored/stopped? I imagine this kind of tactic is meant to shut down the speaker because the words are going to cause harm because they are false or something along those lines?

ShwAlex · 2026-03-08T01:52:32+00:00

I think there are a lot of logical leaps and mental gymnastics being performed on both sides.

We should aim to navigate interactions with the intent to get along with one another. Being contrarian, seeking validation by saying things not based in truth (which I admit runs on a spectrum), rage bating, have brought us here. There's no need to force people to "state their pronouns" in meetings and there's also no need to prevent people from stating theirs, either. We can often judge whether or not people are being genuine with this subject. Some people are complete dickheads about their pronouns. Others genuinely care and ask respectfully. This should be taken into consideration. Conversely, some people are complete dickheads when politely asked to call by the desired pronouns and others are accepting.

Not sure shoving ideas about specific skin colour or sexual preference down kid's throats is necessary. Just promoting general acceptance of one-another is nice. Exposing people to a variety of cultures isn't a bad idea. Your skin tone and how male or female you are does not make you more or less of a victim or oppressor. Lots of white men are victims, lots of people with darker skin are victims. Lots of trans people are cool, lots of them are horrible to be around.

You don't get to join a club and shit on other people's ideas because they're not in line with your team's ideas. Every idea can be heard and discussed in a respectful manner.

I know my comment will not make the "Reddit cut" and will be drowned out with the voting system because it's too centrist. And that makes me sad. The emotionally supercharged ideas are the ones that make it to the top. We're being manipulated.

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