- The City of Edmonton will provide free menstrual products in its public bathrooms following a successful pilot in 2019.
- Albertans who are eligible for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now walk into some pharmacies to book appointments.
- Organizers with Free Transit Edmonton delivered a petition with 1,400 signatures to City Hall on April 12 demanding city council freeze public transit cash fares.
- A new footbridge that would "connect Edmonton and Strathcona County is being proposed to improve access and connectivity towards a multi-use trail system," CBC News reports.
- Protestors gathered at the Alberta Legislature on April 12 to call on the provincial government to remove current COVID-19 restrictions.
- The provincial government has tabled legislation which would see mandatory vaccinations and other measures currently in the Public Health Act that are meant to manage health emergencies, dropped.
- The Edmonton Folk Music Festival has cancelled its 2021 festival citing safety concerns with the ongoing pandemic.
