- A human rights tribunal hearing has been ordered into Alberta Health Services' treatment of an Indigenous nurse, who suffered racist abuse and threats from her co-workers at the Edmonton Remand Centre. The Alberta Human Rights Commission overturned a previous decision to dismiss Eileen Ledger's complaint on April 23, reports the CBC.
- Small- and medium-sized businesses can now access COVID-19 rapid testing through their local chamber of commerce, the province announced in a news release on May 12. A chamber membership is not required to access the tests.
- Central Mountain Air is expanding its service from the Edmonton International Airport. On May 11, the airline announced it would be adding 33 flights to communities north of Edmonton over the summer.
- Rather than pause its free lunch program, Edmonton's Hope Mission is delivering free lunches to students in the north of the city during the lockdown, reports Global News. The Tegler Youth Centre typically delivers 2,500 free lunches per week to 10 public and Catholic schools.
- The 124 Grand Market is returning on May 13 for its 10th season. The Thursday version of the market will be expanded west from 124 street to 125 Street on 108 Avenue to allow shoppers to safely distance.
- The Edmonton Convention Centre unveiled a new art display involving 2,036 golden-winged birds "individually suspended above visitors' heads," CTV News reports.
- A new plant-based food manufacturing plant is opening in Edmonton. The new facility will allow Nabati Foods to "meet wholesale demand and enter the European market," CEO Ahmad Yehya said.
- The spring session of the Alberta legislature has been delayed another week, so that the province can set up a remote voting system, reports the CBC. A number of trials and in-court appearances have also been postponed, as the province grapples with its third wave of coronavirus infections.
