- Elder Taz Augustine, an Indigenous leader from Edmonton, is expressing outrage over a social media post that minimizes the impact of residential schools on survivors. The post was made by The Dorchester Review, a historical journal whose editor played a key role in drafting the province's highly criticized K-6 curriculum.
- Some legal experts are warning that the Edmonton police's Know Your Rights campaign, launched in March, contains inaccuracies.
- The first phase of the $2.4 million Strathcona Back Street revitalization project began last week. The project will transform the back alley along 83 Avenue between Gateway Boulevard and Calgary Trail into a public plaza.
- The Canadian Urban Institute released its Edmonton Activates report, which highlights made-in-Edmonton solutions to the city's challenges.
- Work on a mural honouring the late SNFU frontman Ken Chinn a.k.a. Mr. Chi Pig has begun on Whyte Avenue. Chinn grew up in Edmonton before relocating to Vancouver.
- Edmonton will host fireworks this Canada Day. The display will be streamed live online. Mayor Don Iveson encouraged Edmontonians to stay safe despite provincial health restrictions being lifted on July 1.
- Edmonton restaurants are struggling to find employees as the province reopens, reports CBC News. Meanwhile, the province has announced one-time grant funding to support the live events sector.
- Alberta doctors are expressing concern over the announcement that the province will fully reopen on July 1. They are concerned about the Delta variant, which has spread across the country.
