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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@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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@bmacDonald94

I concur with the sentiment but hoo-boy some of the funniest stuff I've ever read was a regular column by some local (evangelical?) pastor in Red Deer, Alberta in the local free weekly*.

He was unusual in that he used citations to dismiss science, but I suspect he was sourcing absolutely everything from his own stash of textbooks, as they were usually circa 1973.

😂

(*avail at McD for those of us passing through but making a fast pit stop)

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Y'know, since #Alberta apparently no longer has a reliable grid in the summer, plus sustained killer-temperature heatwaves, perhaps it's time to require landlords to strike out clauses prohibiting efficient window-based #AirConditioning because while portable ones are much better than preventable heat death, they cost a LOT MORE in energy (price and amount used from grid).

Just a thought. 🤔

https://youtu.be/_-mBeYC2KGc

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Brilliant! 😂 I saw someone on Twitter post a copy of a letter to their MLA Ric McIver, also Minister of Municipal Affairs.

The letter detailed a number of problems that need fixing in their community, and pointed out that they would normally call 311 for this but since the UCP want to be in charge of everything [paraphrased], they were sending it directly to him.

😂😂😂

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Good grief: yet another reason why inflexible Rx refill dates can be dangerous! 😡

'Shutdown' of unknown duration at ALL western Canadian London Drugs:

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/cybersecurity-incident-shuts-down-london-drugs-stores-across-western-canada-1.6865236

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This is why I've paid little attention to this plan to date, as #Alberta already claws back 100% of #CPPD benefits from eligible #AISH recipients.

> "As the federal government’s Canada Disability Benefit has been discussed, the province’s have mulled how they might treat the new benefit and whether they would claw back their own supports for people living with disabilities,” …

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/overwhelming-support-for-disability-benefit-complicated-by-slow-implementation-survey-finds-1.6837126