- The Edmonton Police Service said 95.5% of its employees (2,673) have indicated they are or will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 30. Another 3.8% (104 employees) will participate in rapid testing at their own expense, and just 0.1% (four employees) have chosen to go on leave without pay.
- The Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) has recognized the City of Edmonton with an award of merit for its Open Option Parking project. On June 23, 2020, Edmonton became the first major Canadian municipality to eliminate parking minimums city-wide.
- Postmedia wrote about the eight new faces on city council.
- The second phase of excavation work at the former Camsell Hospital will look at 21 detected anomalies in the search for unmarked graves. Chief Calvin Bruneau of the Papaschase First Nation said elders will again be present to observe the work.
- Mayfield Toyota has rebranded as West Edmonton Mall Toyota alongside its move into phase one of the mall. "To our knowledge, we have yet to find anything like this anywhere on the planet," said David Friesen, general manager and managing partner.
- The Remembrance Day ceremony at the Universiade Pavilion (Butterdome) on the University of Alberta campus has been cancelled for the second straight year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
- The final report of the public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns, led by commissioner Steve Allan, was released to the public on Oct. 21. Out of $1.28 billion in foreign funding from 2013 to 2019, the report found only $54.1 million in grants were designated for what it calls "anti-Alberta resource development activity."
