- The site of the Charles Camsell Hospital — a former Indian Hospital in the Inglewood neighbourhood — will be searched for remains thanks to an online petition and a stand-in organized by two Edmonton women. Developer Gene Hub has hired personnel to undertake ground penetrating radar (GPR) scans of the site, which is currently being developed for multi-family residences.
- A century-old catholic church in Morinville was destroyed in a suspicious fire on Wednesday — the latest in a series of suspected arsons against Catholic sites. The blazes, which began after the discovery of mass unmarked graves at former residential school sites in B.C. and Saskatchewan, have been condemned by both politicians and Indigenous leaders.
- A man who threatened Muslim women on three separate occasions was sentenced to 210 days in jail for the hate-motivated attacks.
- The victim of a cold case has been identified as Gordon Edwin Sanderson, a 26-year-old Indigenous man and Sixties Scoop survivor, who had been living in Edmonton. Dubbed 'Septic Tank Sam,' Sanderson was identified using DNA 44 years after his body was found on a farm in Tofield, Alta.
- A sentencing decision in the case of Bradley Barton, the man who killed Metis and Cree woman Cindy Gladue, will be given on July 27. The Crown is seeking a prison sentence of 18 to 20 years.
- The province's decision to keep a larger portion of fine revenues is hurting municipalities across the province, CBC News reports. Edmonton is estimated to have lost over $11 million in provincial fine revenues in 2020-21.
- Edmontonians no longer have to prebook a slot when visiting city-operated recreation centres, indoor pools, the Edmonton Valley Zoo and the Muttart Conservatory. Timed-entry tickets will still be required for the city's three outdoor pools to manage the high demand.
- Twenty-one years since developing the Edmonton Protocol — a novel treatment for Type 1 diabetes — the University of Alberta has performed its 700th islet cell infusion and is looking toward developing better treatment.
