- Edmonton charities are struggling with increasing food prices, especially as government funding decreases, CBC reported. The rising costs are both increasing demand for charity and making it harder to fulfill those needs.
- A quarter of sidewalk issues took over four months to repair last year, a report from the City of Edmonton indicates. Coun. Andrew Knack hopes to "create a proper life cycle maintenance strategy like we have on almost every other piece of infrastructure."
- Some food truck operators welcomed the opportunity to sell alcohol within entertainment districts if Bill 80 is passed. But it has to be done with safety in mind, Christy Morin of Arts on the Ave told CBC.
- While COVID-19 hospitalizations are declining, hospitals are still over capacity. Physicians caution that lifting restrictions too soon could send the province into a fifth wave.
- Alberta doctors are concerned that depression, anxiety, and eating disorder diagnoses in Alberta youth have increased by 20% in the last four months.
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By Karen Unland