- Edmonton's major school boards have released their back-to-school plans. While both will require daily screening of staff and pupils, the public and Catholic school boards will have differing mask policies. Edmonton Public Schools will require students at all levels to wear masks at all times, whereas students from Grade 4 to 12 at Catholic schools will have to wear them in common areas, but not in the classroom.
- Crown prosecutors are appealing the 12.5-year sentence given to Bradley Barton, the Ontario truck driver responsible for killing Cindy Gladue, a Métis and Cree woman, in Edmonton in 2011. In a notice of appeal, the Crown said the sentence was "demonstrably unfit."
- Ben Henderson, councillor for Ward papastew, has taken an unpaid leave of absence to run for Liberals Party in September's federal election. Council voted unanimously to grant him the leave. Henderson is not seeking re-election in the upcoming municipal election.
- The number of syphilis cases has been rising steadily in Alberta — to rates not seen since the 40s — and experts say that COVID-19 is exacerbating the situation. Almost half the cases are in the Edmonton zone, which recorded 1,229 cases in 2020.
- The University of Alberta plans to demolish the $26-million Soaring mansion as it prepares to sell the Riverbend property. The mansion was donated to the university by entrepreneur and philanthropist Sandy Mactaggart and his wife, author Cécile Erickson, in 2010 and used as a conference centre until 2018.
- The city's transit peace officers received the St. John Ambulance Life-saving Award for helping to prevent 371 overdose deaths between 2019 and 2021.
- CBC News has analyzed the eight recommendations made in August 2019, when Edmonton city council declared a climate emergency. While there has been progress made toward each call to action, critics say the city hasn't accomplished enough.
- The city has named a park in the Blue Quill area after Gurchran Bhatia, a 90-year-old former Canadian citizenship court judge, and his late wife Jiti. An Indian immigrant, Bhatia was once told to "look more Canadian" in a job interview.
