- The Edmonton region remained under a yellow warning for air quality throughout Nov. 27 due to elevated pollution levels. Environment Canada said conditions were expected to improve by morning on Nov. 28.
- A new Zoocasa analysis using the 2025 Leger Happiness Index finds Edmonton ranks seventh in Canada for happiness (score 66.3) and offers one of the lowest housing costs per "happiness point," at about $6,289 on an average home price of $417,000. This places Edmonton ahead of markets like Montreal and Calgary in terms of happiness value for money.
- A new cohort of 19 Community Peace Officers has graduated at Edmonton City Hall, with several joining the city as Transit Peace Officers to bolster safety on transit and downtown while others fan out to partner agencies across Alberta.
- After a second fatal collision this year at the Highways 28 and 624 intersection east of Morinville, Sturgeon County residents and Mayor Alanna Hnatiw are renewing calls for safety upgrades such as lights and twinning on this busy route north of Edmonton. Alberta Transportation has promised an open house on the highway, but locals say they want to see concrete funding and near-term fixes at what they describe as a "super dangerous" intersection.
- Edmonton police say a charter bus company, fined $108,000 for 223 safety violations and stripped of its operating certificates, has resurfaced under a new name and continued running trips, including for school groups, without required safety approvals. The Edmonton Police Service and Alberta Transportation have seized at least one bus and describe the firm, reopened as "Northern Alberta Transportation," as a "chameleon" carrier.
- Edmonton Elks players spent a day helping the Strathcona Christmas Bureau wrap gifts and build hampers for local families, as part of the team's push to "give back in any way possible" during the off-season. The Bureau says donations are down, and it is especially seeking gifts for girls aged 10–11, infants aged 0–12 months, and $25 gift cards for teens. New, unwrapped items and cash are accepted at its Broadview Drive depot and other drop-off sites through Nov. 29, and hamper applications are open until Nov. 30.
- Alberta is now forecasting a $6.4-billion deficit for 2025-26, up from the $5.2-billion shortfall in Budget 2025, as weaker oil prices, U.S. tariffs, and higher program costs push non-renewable resource revenues down to about $15.4 billion from a $25.2-billion peak in 2022-23. Finance Minister Nate Horner says the province will "turn over every rock" on spending, while relying on record oil production, an $8.8-billion capital plan, and still-strong GDP and population growth to support jobs and services even as manufacturing and private-sector hiring softens.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have struck a deal to fast-track a new, privately financed bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast, with the goal of getting shovels in the ground by 2029, and potential Indigenous co-ownership. In exchange, Alberta will raise its industrial carbon price and back a major carbon-capture project. Smith framed the agreement as "a new relationship, a new starting point" with Ottawa, as the federal government will suspend its proposed oil and gas emissions cap and some clean electricity requirements. Longtime climate advocate and Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has quit cabinet in protest over what he calls a rollback of key climate measures, but he will remain in the Liberal caucus.
