Welcome to Deadmonton.
Starter, block heater, winter tires. for sure.
It is cold, but it is dry windy cold. so all you need is a big ass jacket. I wear a T-shirt + ski jacket in Winter @ -30C
you are now Warn about the following:
high insurance rate
Unlike Vancouver or other big cities, which most drivers are aggressive but smart. Edmonton is full of idoitic driver. They don't know what they are doing. not that aggressive. but it is more dangerous because you can't predict what they would do next.
when snow or rain, there must be accident.
Avoid travel through whitemud/yellowhead trail/97 street to work.
you can do whatever you want and someone will yeild to you if you signal. I can say they are more friendly then the big cities. (not me though)
if BC = asian, AB = brown people.
the grocery is expensive then BC.
the house is way cheaper then BC.