- The Edmonton Football Team announced a loss of $7.1 million in 2020, during a virtual annual general meeting on May 11. It could have been worse. The team cut expenses in half and secured $2.5 million in federal assistance — leaving it in better shape than most CFL teams, writes Edmonton Journal columnist Terry Jones.
- Edmonton city council has rejected an application by developers to expand the Holyrood Gardens project after a public hearing on May 11. Regency Developments wanted to add another 450 residential units to the building at 83rd Street and 93rd Avenue — increasing the total number of units to 1,650.
- Edmonton Transit Service complaints are up nearly 500% since the city made a number of security improvements to its transit system in 2018, according to a report presented to the Urban Planning Committee on May 11.
- Epcor is providing $465,000 in funding to 23 Edmonton non-profits, charities and arts organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. President and CEO Stuart Lee said he hoped the grants would "allow organizations to continue to bring joy to the community this spring and summer."
- Edmonton was named third best city for youth to work by the Youthful Cities 2021 Urban Work Index. The city scored well in areas like cost of living, equity & inclusion and public health, but recorded the highest rate of youth unemployment among the 27 Canadian cities ranked by the report.
- Former city councillor Michael Oshry launches his mayoral campaign today. Oshry announced his intention to run for mayor in February.
- United Sport and Cycle has launched an Edmonton Oilers drive-thru store ahead of the team's playoff run, Global News reports. "Just because we can't celebrate the NHL playoffs and our playoff run in the way we know ... doesn't mean we don't need to do it," United Cycle's operations manager Kelly Hodgson said.
