- Edmonton's downtown is anticipating a boost as private businesses and governments begin bringing employees back to the workplace early next month. The provincial government is phasing in its workers by Sept. 7, and the city intends to have almost everyone back to work by Sept. 20.
- The new 40 km/h speed limit is now in effect for most residential and downtown streets, including parts of Whyte Avenue and Jasper Avenue. The city released a digital map of affected roads. Drivers caught speeding will receive a warning until the grace period ends Sept. 1.
- The first phase of excavation work to uncover suspected burial sites around the former Charles Camsell Indian Hospital was completed on Aug. 6, with one-third of the site searched. While operational, the hospital institutionalized many Indigenous people with tuberculosis and other illnesses.
- Edmonton-based soldiers have been deployed to Oliver, B.C. to assist in fighting active wildfires including the Thomas Creek wildfire which is currently about 10,000 hectares in size.
- A pop-up dog park has appeared on Whyte Avenue. A collaboration between local designers and Southpark on Whyte, "Southbark" contains benches, open space, and structures for dogs to play in. The park is open daily from 7am to 10pm until next year, when construction on an apartment complex is slated to begin.
- City hall was temporarily named the "Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion" over the weekend to mark the premiere of the Edmonton-born actor's new film, The Suicide Squad. "It's great that so many Edmontonians see the humour in it," the city said in a statement to Global News.
