- City council has unanimously rejected Trinity Funeral Home's proposal for a new crematorium in central Edmonton. Residents were concerned about smoke from the facility, and more than 20 people showed up at a virtual public hearing to express their concerns.
- A Leduc school stabbing victim is being remembered "as talented artist who loved trains," reports CBC News. Jennifer Winkler died on March 15 after being stabbed in a classroom at Christ the King high school.
- Nominations are now open for MacEwan University’s first honorary doctorate. “With our 50th anniversary approaching, it is the perfect moment in our history to add this new tradition that helps us to define and celebrate our values,” says Dr. Annette Trimbee, president and vice-chancellor. The deadline to nominate someone to receive an honorary doctorate at the 2021 spring convocation is April 18.
- GraceLife Church pastor James Coates is expected to be released in the coming days, after Crown prosecutors dropped all of his charges except for one.
- A new documentary called Snow Warrior captures the stories of Edmonton's downtown bike couriers.
