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  • City council voted unanimously to extend the mask bylaw, with no automatic triggers for repeal. The bylaw, which requires anyone in an indoor public space to wear a face covering, was set to expire Dec. 31.
  • Shell Canada announced it will build a 58-megawatt solar farm to power the Scotford Refinery in partnership with Silicon Ranch. The project is expected to begin construction by the end of the year.
  • The federal government announced a $1.35-million investment to enable C-FER Technologies to upgrade one of its Edmonton facilities for testing hydrogen fuel infrastructure, equipment, and technologies.
  • Alberta needs to build on the strong foundation of video game companies by offering incentives and policies to attract more development, Digital Alberta's Scott Nye told Postmedia. He noted that a report from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada shows that Alberta has only 4% of the country's video game jobs despite having 11% of the population.
  • The provincial government is facing criticism for its plan to sell a portion of its existing affordable housing to fund 25,000 new units. Officials would not provide CTV with details on how many units would be sold, when, and for how much.
  • Carla Smiley, a trustee who resigned from the Edmonton Catholic School Board at the end of October, appeared before the Edmonton Public School Board on Nov. 9 to speak against the staff vaccine mandate.
  • The Heritage Valley park and ride in south Edmonton was expected to see 2,000 to 2,500 riders per day, but a year after opening, the service is only seeing an average of 388 rides per day, Global News reported.