- A cyclist was killed following a collision with an LRT train on Sept. 26. The individual was on the platform at Clareview LRT Station at the time of the incident. "Our deepest condolences and thoughts are with family and friends of the individual involved, as well as those affected by the incident," said Carrie Hotton-Macdonald, branch manager for Edmonton Transit Service. Edmonton police and ETS are investigating.
- The Edmonton Police Service has released its strategic plan for 2023-2026, which adds improving public relations to the list of goals. When EPS surveyed the public in 2021, only 37% thought the police were doing a good job, down from 45% in 2020, while 20% of people thought the police were doing a poor or very poor job. University of Alberta criminology professor Temitope Oriola maintains that the recent viral video of an EPS officer shoving a woman demonstrates an "unreasonable and unnecessary use of force" and that the service's handling of the event conflicts with the goal of improving public relations. "An excessive use of force can ruin months and months of hard work," he told Postmedia. During the first half of 2022 there was a 7% rise in the use of force by police officers.
- Edmonton's Food Bank is seeing record-high demand, with more than 36,000 people served in August compared to around 19,000 per month last year. The organization said it has spent more than $1.4 million on food this year to meet the rising need driven by inflation and the cost of living. Donations of non-perishable items can be made at major grocery stores and fire stations around the city, and monetary donations can be made online.
- City council's community and public services committee voted in favour of overhauling Edmonton's fireworks bylaw. The changes, which would require all fireworks shows be produced by someone with training or a certified professional, will be incorporated into Public Places Bylaw adjustments that council will consider in mid-2023. Edmontonians are already prohibited from using fireworks in public places without a permit, but the rule is inconsistently enforced.
- Edmontonians have taken notice of a Lime e-bike positioned upright on a sandbar in the middle of the North Saskatchewan River near the High Level Bridge.
- Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood MLA Janis Irwin has been nominated to run for re-election with the NDP. Meanwhile, former Alberta Party president Rhiannon Hoyle defeated Nasim Boroumand to win the NDP nomination in Edmonton-South, a seat soon to be vacated by independent MLA Thomas Dang.
- Hundreds of friends and family members of fallen officers gathered at the Legislature on Sept. 25 to celebrate Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day. Inside the Legislature, the province unveiled a memorial carrying the names of 101 officers who died in the line of duty since 1876 in what is now Alberta.
- The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, located around 300 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, has had seven artifacts returned by the Royal Alberta Museum under the terms of the Historical Resources Act. A Treaty 8 medal and its leather strap were physically repatriated, while the rest of the objects will remain on loan to the museum for preservation until the nation can install displays in its band office.
Headlines: Sept. 27, 2022
By Kevin Holowack and Mack Male