- Several city councillors are in favour of requiring masks on public transit, in taxis, and in rideshare vehicles, but administration doesn't plan to keep them mandatory if the province removes the health measure on Aug. 16. City council will continue the discussion on Monday. Mayor Don Iveson said he thinks "the votes will be there to maintain a masking requirement for back to school."
- Multiple news outlets are reporting that the provincial government may keep current COVID-19 health measures in place for an additional six weeks. Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to speak to Albertans this morning about back-to-school health protocols.
- The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce is urging the provincial government to implement vaccine passports for domestic use. CEO Jeffrey Sundquist said businesses are looking for anything to help them open confidently and safely. A spokesperson for the premier's office said Alberta won't be introducing a vaccine passport domestically and doesn't plan to support the federal government's vaccine passport either.
- Two controversial Ukrainian monuments were vandalized with messages calling them racist. A memorial to the 14th Waffen SS Division at St. Michael's Cemetery in northeast Edmonton and a statue of Roman Shukhevych were targeted. The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies is calling for the monuments to be removed, but some local organizations are pushing back. The fight to remove the statue of Shukhevych has been going on for decades, reports Postmedia.
- Long-serving Edmonton defence lawyer Peter Royal has been cited for contempt of court for refusing to wear a mask in the courtroom, as ordered by a judge. A contempt of court citation hearing is set for Sept. 9.
- The provincial government is considering making codes of conduct for municipal councils optional, reports CBC News. Edmonton councillor Mike Nickel and Red Deer councillor Buck Buchanan have both been found in breach of codes of conduct.
