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  • The assault charge in a hate-motivated attack against a Muslim woman at Southgate LRT station in December was withdrawn. The case was one of seven racially motivated assaults against Black Muslim women and Muslim women of colour in Edmonton in recent months.
  • Mayor Don Iveson says he can "virtually guarantee" that the city will lift the mask bylaw by the end of the year. City councillor and mayoral candidate Mike Nickel says the city should follow the province's lead and drop the bylaw when Alberta enters Stage 3 of the re-opening plan.
  • Edmonton is considering charging developers for fire stations in new communities. The levy would cover between 40% and 45% of construction costs.
  • Fees have been reinstated at outdoor pools for the first time since 2016. Council decided to start charging again to achieve a property tax freeze in 2021.
  • Edmonton's business associations want to see cleaner, staffed public washrooms, as the city begins to re-open. Puneeta McBryan, executive director of the Downtown Business Association, told executive committee that a lack of washrooms was "one of the most immediately harmful impacts of the pandemic on downtown."
  • All Edmonton Public Library branches opened their doors to in-person browsing on Monday.
  • Students at the University of Alberta's Campus Saint-Jean continue to lobby the federal government for funding that doesn't require a matching provincial contribution. Students worry the French-language facility could lose out on millions.
  • The province released further details about its Open for Summer Lottery. There will be three $1-million prizes available. The first dose lottery will occur on the day Alberta enters Stage 3 of its re-opening plan.