- The City of Edmonton is rolling out a new garbage cart and food scraps system today, where homes will be given a large cart and two food scrap bins. Pickups will also only happen bi-weekly as opposed to the weekly schedule of the past.
- At least five of nine trustee seats for Edmonton Public School Board will be open heading into the municipal election this fall. Only Nathan Ip has announced he will run again for a third term.
- Councillor Scott McKeen will bring a motion to council today that urges Mayor Don Iveson to lobby the federal government to "recognize the overdose crisis as a national public health emergency," plus "fund and accommodate a safe supply pilot program, or programs, in Edmonton."
- Alberta has reported its first two cases of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19, which are travel-related in Calgary.
- The United Conservative Party will conduct a leadership review in 2022, it announced on Friday. “We believe this keeps us fully compliant with our bylaws, and strengthens membership engagement with our party," party president Ryan Becker wrote in an email to constituency association presidents.
- GraceLife Church held another busy service on Sunday morning, a week after it was charged as an entity for refusing to follow public health orders.
