- A variant of COVID-19 may have entered the community, according to the province. "These variants can spread very quickly," Health Minister Tyler Shandro said. "The emerging research indicates that they have a significantly higher infection rate, estimated to be 30-50% higher than the strain that we've had in Alberta to date."
- More than 2,000 students from M.E. LaZerte and J. Percy Page will work from home for two weeks due to 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases at both high schools combined.
- The Edmonton Journal wrote that Canadian Western Bank Place sold for $96.4 million in November, "an amount nearly $30 million less than the Jasper Avenue property sold for in 2010."
- CFL coach Scott Milanovich has left the Edmonton Football Team for the NFL without coaching one game, reports The Canadian Press.
- Global's Sarah Ryan wrote about the impending turnover at city council expected after this fall's municipal election.
