Soooooooooooo … after receiving "the letter" from #AISH this week, I'm curious:

Anyone out there know if ANY #ActuallyDisabled Albertans are still actually disabled according to the #UCP ?

… Because any actual file review should NOT have determined I would somehow magically be fit for routine employment. (Lots of knowledge/education/skills sure, but close to ZERO predictability day-to-day re capacity beyond basic activities of remaining alive 🙄).

#ADAP does not look useful to me whatsoever, just even less funding than the woefully-inadequate AISH.

… but I suppose it's "nice" to know exactly how much the #abgov "values" its #disabled citizens? 🙄😐😡

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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@VintageEdmonton/116652441783574383

Fun fact: #Alberta did not require #DriversLicenses until some years' later.

IIRC we already had ~30,000 #MotorVehicles by the time we got around to licensing private vehicle owners. Biggest concern to push for licensing was safety: too many people dying by colliding with #trains at uncontrolled crossings.

No actual drivers' #education required, though, so I'm still unclear as how this was to help out. 😬 Alas no #Hansard here prior to #Lougheed so old #news clippings are all we really have. ☹️

Licenses only required for commerial use/professional drivers.

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Move over dog beer — we’ve reached peak pet pampering. A New Zealand company called Muttley’s Estate is…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2344380/new-zealand-company-launches-non-alcoholic-wine-for-pets-play-103-7/

Speaking of stupid crap #ABgov is pulling: By now many if you know that #AISH recipients were all forced to apply for the Federal Canada Disability Benefit which would provide up to $200/mo to qualifying #DisabledCanadians and which #Alberta is clawing back, dollar for dollar.

What I didn't realise is that this is being managed federally similar to a tax credit, so pays from July 2025 through June 2026 inclusive.

Which also means recipients get a lump sum payment for prior months to whenever they were accepted.

Sometime after you provide AISH with proof of your #CDB, they will then have the collections dept contact you to "recover" this overpayment from the prior months' "overpayment."

So for goodness sake, set that lump sum aside and don't touch it until uou can just send it to them, or they will be deducting significantly MORE per month than JUST the regular monthly Federal benefit.

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Just got off the phone with #811 to book my 2025 #Alberta #covid and #flu #vaccinations.

Holey moley what a nightmare. TBC, the 811 agent was FAB once I got through. ❤️

But, 811 has ~57 seconds worth of messages prior to being able to make ANY selections.

Currently it is x3 for booking a covid vaccination.

THEN, once in x3, you need to select x2 for booking (as x1 is 'for information about covid').

A lovely intercept comes on to explain 'higher than usual call volumes' (you know, what every phone system ever has said pretty much for the last decade🙄) AND THEN sends you to on-hold music … only to most-likely have ANOTHER message intercept to let you know they're too busy and "goodbye." 😳😡

Fastest redial and menu selections I could manage was every 2 minutes. Took 1 hour of redialling like this to get to the actual on-hold #queue, and was then another hour on-hold.

If using a cellphone, make sure you have a powerbank/charger handy! 😬

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Why is Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. trending today? 🤔

#YMM #stocks #stockmarket

@robsonfletcher

Hey, what's going on with the #CBC weekend #news service? When Tim Devlin (#Edmonton ?) did the weekend news, there was weather, etc for all major centres in #Alberta.

Today (May 17) we're getting #Calgary-only news and #WeatherForecast

I have no issues that CBC streamlines news for weekends, but if it is broadcasting province-wide, the news/weather needs to reflect that.

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