- Edmonton Public School Board said on April 25 that all students who were involved in an assault near Rosslyn School have been recommended for expulsion and their names have been passed on to police. On April 16, a 14-year-old Black student was attacked outside his school in "an incident his family believe was racially-motivated."
- The Edmonton Journal analyzed archived website data to identify the facilities that spent the longest time on the province’s outbreak list during the pandemic and found that "three Edmonton care facilities had outbreaks for six months or more."
- Ontario hospitals are using a product made by local startup company MACH32 in an effort to further protect healthcare workers as COVID-19 hospitalization numbers spike. The Aerosol Containment Tent "goes over a patient’s shoulders and head and removes potentially infectious aerosols in less than nine seconds through a pump and filter."
- In its 2020 annual report, the Edmonton Public Library said there was a 34% increase in the usage of digital content last year with more than five million digital items borrowed.
- The legal deadline for the Canadian House of Commons to respond to a petition to rename Edmonton International Airport is coming up on May 5. Irene Steinke wants to see it named after Max Ward, bush pilot and Wardair founder.
- Alberta energy icon Stanley A. Milner, for whom Edmonton's central library is named, has died. Born in 1930, Milner was awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1995 and the Order of Canada in 2003.
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By Emily Rendell-Watson and Mack Male