- Edmonton emergency services responded to 55 opioid-related calls in just two days this week, reports Global News. "This is the latest shocking incident in a trend that we're seeing ... across the city at all our sites," said Boyle Street Community Services director Jordan Reiniger.
- Mayor Don Iveson has joined the call to remove references to Grandin from city property. He will be putting forward a motion on Monday to immediately remove the bishop's name from the LRT station and civic signs, as well as to cover a mural depicting the residential school system with orange.
- A group of Indigenous-Edmontonians are making tiny tipis for each of the children found buried in an unmarked mass grave at a former residential school site in Kamloops.
- A new online exhibit at the City of Edmonton Archives takes a look at the history of place names in Edmonton.
- The federal government announced $14.4 million in funding for Edmonton's zero-emission bus program. The funding will allow the city to purchase 20 new buses and complete a feasibility study on retrofits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in municipal buildings.
- Expanded sidewalks and seating areas have returned to Whyte Avenue this summer. To encourage social distancing, the project has been expanded to include both the north and south side of the avenue.
- The Hope Mission is asking for donations of bottled water, as temperatures continue to soar in Edmonton. The organization can hand out as many as 500 bottles on really hot days.
- Halifax mayor Mike Savage will replace Mayor Don Iveson as Chair of the Big City Mayors' Caucus hosted by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Iveson has held the position since 2016.
