- The Ontario trucker found guilty of murdering Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman, in his Edmonton hotel room will be sentenced today. The Crown is asking that Bradley Barton be sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison. Barton was convicted of manslaughter in February 2020 during a retrial.
- Health experts want to see the province do more to disrupt the toxic drug supply, which is likely at the centre of a recent spike in opioid-related emergency calls. According to Elaine Hyshka, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta, drugs are being cut or adulterated to maintain supply while the borders remain shut.
- The Edmonton Oilers extended qualifying offers to forwards Tyler Benson, Cooper Marody and Kailer Yamamoto, as well as goalie Stuart Skinner.
- Flight Lieutenant (ret.) Chris Bellchamber, who served as a special operations pilot in the Second World War and the Cold War, was honoured with a Snowbird fly-over on his 100th birthday Monday.
- Bob Westbury, a prolific champion of Edmonton charities, is traveling to Victoria to retire. Westbury has raised an estimated $100 million for local charities.
- Storyteller, historian and radio personality Tony Cashman now has a plaque in his honour at the park named after him. Cashman is the author of over 15 books and 10 Edmonton Fringe Festival plays.
- Nurses picketed outside the Sturgeon Community Hospital in St. Albert on Monday to draw attention to the proposal to roll back nurses' wages by 3%. Meanwhile, the hospital joined a growing list of healthcare facilities with reduced capacity.
- More families are now eligible for child-care subsidies. Families earning a household income of up to $90,000 can now apply, following a renewal of the province's child-care funding agreement with the federal government.
