- City councillors and Edmonton police have been making unscheduled visits to the temporary homeless shelter at the Edmonton Convention Centre, reports Postmedia after it obtained a letter addressed to Edmonton Police Commission chairwoman Micki Ruth from Mayor Don Iveson. In the letter, the mayor said he has “serious concerns” about the "tours."
- Mayor Don Iveson says the provinces reluctance to fund operations for five supportive-housing projects in the city could jeopardize funds the federal government has already committed to the project.
- Construction on Edmonton’s new Homes for Heroes village, a homeless veterans supportive housing project, is set to begin. The community of tiny homes should be open by October.
- "Demolition of the Northlands Coliseum should be prioritized as one of the first steps in the Exhibition Lands redevelopment, the City of Edmonton says while planning to move forward with its removal," reports the Edmonton Journal.
- Bishop Jane Alexander, who has been with the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton for the past 13 years, has announced her retirement and April 17 was her final day.
- Experts say West Edmonton Mall, the largest mall in Canada, is a good example of a successful shopping center and that the "mall-as-entertainment blueprint" should be replicated in other places.
