- Council unanimously approved mandatory bike passing distances on Wednesday. As of Sept. 30, drivers will have to give cyclists at least one metre on roads with a speed limit of 60 km/h or less and 1.5 metres on roads over 60 km/h when passing.
- The federal Conservatives are promising to fund two planned LRT expansion projects if elected in September. Erin O'Toole said the party would move forward with the already-approved 4.5-kilometre Capital Line South extension and prioritize the Metro Line LRT expansion from Blatchford to Castle Downs.
- The CFL has issued a directive to teams banning them from signing offensive lineman Jacob Ruby, who was released from the Elks on Tuesday. According to TSN football insider Dave Naylor, Ruby misrepresented his vaccination status to the team.
- Fort Edmonton Park is offering a series of Indigenous culture workshops this fall. Indigenous Perspectives includes traditional stories and classes traditional plant harvesting and jewellery making. The series was mostly sold out as of Wednesday.
- Edmonton's first standalone hospice celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday. The 12-suite Roozen Family Hospice Centre, located at 98 Avenue and 148 Street, provides end-of-life care for individuals who do not need acute medical care.
- Premier Jason Kenney made his first public appearance in nearly a month during a Facebook Live on Wednesday. Kenney addressed the absence, stating that he took some weeks of summer holiday. Since his last appearance on Aug. 9, active cases and ICU hospitalizations have quadrupled. There are currently 12,290 active cases and 465 people in hospital, with 107 in ICU.
- New COVID-19 cases in Alberta could climb to 6,000 per day by the beginning of October, with more than 1,500 hospitalizations, according to a series of reports from the B.C. COVID-19 Modelling Group.
- Public health experts are calling for the government to implement a targeted approach to improve vaccine uptake in rural areas, where hesitancy, lack of trust, poor internet connections and long travel distances are contributing to low vaccination rates.
