- A man is presumed dead after going missing while swimming in the North Saskatchewan River late Friday. Officials are reminding people to practice water safety while trying to beat the heat wave.
- A rally demanding increased protection for Muslim women brought hundreds of people together at Sir Winston Churchill Square on Friday. "These attacks are getting worse, they're getting more bold," said Amira Shousha the Alberta lead for the National Council of Canadian Muslims, referring to the violent attack in St. Albert last week — the latest in a series of hate-motivated crimes against Muslim women.
- A sentencing hearing for the Ontario truck driver that killed 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman Cindy Gladue will begin today, after an unsuccessful mistrial application on behalf of the defendant. In February, Bradley Barton was retried for the murder, after being found not guilty in 2015. The second trial is being hailed as an "example of how cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls should be handled."
- A demonstration was held outside the Alberta Legislature on Saturday to raise awareness for those who died and survived at the hands of residential schools. It was organized by Robert Flamant, who hails from Cowessess First Nation and is a descendant of residential school survivors. Last week, Cowessess First Nation reported finding of 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.
- A statue of Pope John Paul II, outside a Polish Catholic church, was vandalized with red paint over the weekend. Edmonton police are investigating. A spate of vandalism against Catholic churches has been taking place across the country since the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at two former residential school sites.
- The Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres Society wants the province to return a portion of land next to the site of the former Edmonton Indian Residential School. It says the land, known as River Lot 56, could contain unmarked graves.
- The City Centre Mall and Hudson's Bay Company are in a dispute over rent money. The department store, which served as an anchor tenant for nearly two decades, closed this spring. In September 2020, the shopping centre filed a lawsuit against The Bay, claiming it breached the terms of its 20-year lease and owed $938,337 in unpaid rent.
- A feasibility study has been completed on a potential ultra-high-speed train between Calgary and Edmonton. The project would cost $22.4 billion, plus an additional $6.7 billion for fixed infrastructure, like stations. TransPod, a Toronto-based hyperloop company, hopes to begin construction as early as next year.
