- The Edmonton region is under a heat wave warning — with daytime temperatures reaching or exceeding 29 degrees. The extreme heat is forecast to begin Tuesday and end Friday.
- Edmonton Catholic Schools is reviewing the name of Grandin Catholic Elementary School. The city is also working with Indigenous elders and residential school survivors to provide guidance on Grandin LRT Station murals and renaming, reports the CBC.
- A mistrial application was filed last week for convicted killer Bradley Barton an Ontario trucker found guilty of killing Cindy Gladue, a Metis and Cree woman from Edmonton.
- K-Days will be cancelled for a second year in a row. Following discussions with the City of Edmonton and Explore Edmonton, Northlands, the event operator, decided not to go forward this summer.
- A local developer wants to transform the vacant lot next to the CPR station on Gateway Boulevard into a "sea can marketplace." Beljan Development is asking the city to rezone the lot.
- The Oilers are being called out for not making a statement about the 215 Indigenous found buried at the site of a former residential school. "How could the Oilers or other teams be so fresh from speaking out in support of (Ethan) Bear but then stay silent on matters that are inherently tied to the racism Bear faces?" writes TSN columnist Shireen Ahmed.
- Vernon Watchmaker, Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations is concerned over remarks made by Premier Jason Kenney on "cancel culture" and the Canadian founding fathers.
- The province is speeding up the vaccination rollout, announcing that anyone who has received a first dose can begin booking their second shot between now and the end of June.
