- A group of Black community leaders is calling for a third-party investigation into the attack on a Black teen outside Rosslyn School in April. In a letter dated May 24, the leaders said they have lost trust in the Edmonton police, after chief Dale McFee called the attack by seven other students "consensual."
- Police are investigating a series of racist, harassing incidents directed at a Sikh temple in Mill Woods. Since March, the Singh Sabha Gurdwara has been receiving daily threatening phone calls and deliveries of meat products, which are forbidden on the premises.
- A water main break at 101 Street between 115 and 116 Avenue caused significant flooding Sunday morning. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services and Epcor were dispatched to deal with the flooding and repair the damage.
- Hundreds attended rallies and runs organized on Canada Day in support of residential school survivors. Meanwhile, prisoners at the Edmonton Institution joined a hunger strike in a show of solidarity for those affected by the recent discoveries of unmarked graves in B.C. and Saskatchewan.
- St. Albert's Métis community will soon begin the search for unmarked graves at the location of the former Youville residential school, where a retirement home now sits.
- The Edmonton Social Planning Council has released a report calling for "robust investments in (Edmonton's) social safety net." The report outlines the results of a short-term bridge funding program that helped three vulnerable women out of poverty.
- Last week's heat wave kept emergency crews busy and caused some city infrastructure to buckle. An odd consequence of the blazing temperatures is the potential doubling of the city's ant, fly and yellowjacket wasp populations.
- The province is planning a normal back to school this fall, with in-class learning for the majority of students, reports the Edmonton Journal. The 2021-22 school plan was released online Wednesday.
