- Edmonton Chinatown business owners are asking for increased police patrols to deal with crime and issues with homeless people. "We had a murder just down the alley here a week and a half ago, we had a shooting victim from six doors down who was bleeding to death on the street in front of us," landlord Bob Dowe told CBC.
- The City of Edmonton is taking composting company Cleanit Greenit to court due to ongoing odour complains in the city's west end.
- On Feb. 18, the province said it can currently investigate and trace contacts for up to 1,500 COVID-19 cases each day. It now has about 2,300 contact tracers.
- University of Alberta planetary geologist Chris Herd was excited about the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance probe on Mars on Feb. 18. He is part of a select group of scientists working with NASA, and will help to monitor the probe and tell it where to gather samples.
- Former city hall reporter Scott Johnston has announced he is running for Edmonton city council in Ward Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi.
- Following a review, animal activist Jane Goodall has changed her stance about moving Lucy the elephant away from the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
