- Education leaders in the city are wondering whether its time to move learning back online, as COVID-19 cases surge. According to CBC, 1,900 people connected with Edmonton public and Catholic schools are in quarantine.
- Edmonton's on-demand transit service will be the largest in Canada when it launches on April 25 alongside the bus network redesign. Residents in 37 neighbourhoods without transit service will be able to book an on-demand trip.
- Edmontonians may be able to drink alcohol in some parks this summer, pending council approval of a proposed pilot program. According to the Journal, 71% of respondents were in support of the program when asked through a survey earlier this year.
- Construction will soon begin on a new dog park in downtown Edmonton, east of the 104 Avenue and 102 Street intersection, in the Ice District. The dog park, scheduled to open in July, will be privately owned and maintained but open to the public.
- Three counties in the Edmonton-area have issued fire restrictions as dry conditions persist. There are more than 30 fire restrictions or bans in place across Alberta on top of dozens of advisories, according to AlbertaFireBans.ca.
- REACH Edmonton will receive $500,000 over four years from the federal government to "develop a coordinated community response to victims of human trafficking in Red Deer, Edmonton, and surrounding communities."
- The Alberta Teacher's Association is calling on the province to stop work on the new draft K-6 curriculum, "pending an independent review and full re-write."
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By Emily Rendell-Watson and Mack Male