- Fans gathered outside Rogers Place on Saturday to show their support for Oilers defenceman Ethan Bear, who was the target of online racism last week. Bear drove by to greet the crowd.
- The city's mountain biking community is concerned that plans to recategorize parts of the river valley will make popular trails off-limits to them, reports the CBC. The city began its River Valley Planning Modernization project earlier this month.
- There are calls for the Edmonton Police Association to stop flying its controversial "thin blue line" flag. Multiple police forces in the U.S. and Canada have banned the use of the thin blue line, reports Global News.
- Public outcry against the use of herbicides could force city council to reverse cuts made to its weed control budget, reports Global News.
- The additional funding announced by the province on Friday is not enough "to meet the ongoing challenges of learning loss," Edmonton Public School vice chair Nathan Ip said in a tweet.
- Councillor Aaron Paquette will be Fort Edmonton's first Indigenous honourary chief factor when the park reopens this summer.
- A new COVID-19 vaccine clinic hosted at the Africa Centre in north Edmonton is helping overcome vaccine hesitancy, reports the Edmonton Journal.
- A pilot project will see the installation of honeybee hives at six historic sites across Edmonton. The honeycomb from each location will be sold online by YEG Honeycomb.
