- A group of Edmonton-area doctors have formed a committee to tackle the opioid poisoning crisis. The Opioid Poisoning Committee, formed by the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association (EZMA) will advocate for better services for those who use drugs, and recommend short- and long-term strategies to reduce overdose deaths.
- Leduc County Mayor Tanni Doblanko says she never agreed to sign the letter calling for vaccine passports. Doblanko told Postmedia that the version of the letter she agreed to sign made no mention of vaccine passports. "We don't believe in Leduc County that we have the expertise to say that that's a good idea, or not a good idea," she said.
- Alberta Health Services is preparing to open a field hospital in Edmonton as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to overwhelm the system. Meanwhile, the province announced increased home care funding and began moving patients out of hospital to make more room for those with COVID-19.
- Post-secondary students in the city's north are reporting hour-long journeys and multiple connections due to the city's new bus routes. Coun. Jon Dziadyk says there is a lack of service on the north side, since Edmonton Transit Service cut a number of its routes in half in April.
- The city has not issued a single photo radar ticket at a construction site this year, as the province reviews the practice of using automated traffic enforcement. A moratorium on new photo radar locations was imposed in December 2019, and the city has not been able to create enforcement sites in new construction zones since.
- The first direct flight to the U.S. from the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) took off on Thursday. The non-stop flight to Las Vegas marks the gradual return to international service. By the end of 2021, 20 international destinations, for a total of 45, will be added to EIA's network.
- Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw admitted that move to treat COVID-19 as an endemic was premature. Experts told CBC News that the decision to lift COVID-19 health measures in July were based on wishful thinking and political expediency, rather than scientific evidence.
- The NDP are calling for another round of business supports after the government announced new COVID-19 restrictions last week, including a 10pm curfew on alcohol sales.
