- The City of Edmonton has closed the extended lookout at Keillor Point after heavy summer rain accelerated slope instability. The main trail and viewpoint remain open, while further engineering work will inform longer-term options for the platform.
- Sobeys parent Empire Co. has agreed to stop using restrictive covenants that keep competing grocers from opening at or near its former properties. The federal Competition Bureau agreement also limits clauses that prevent landlords from leasing to other grocers. "It's great to see that the law, in this case, has worked," Coun. Michael Janz said. "I hope that 10 years from now we're going to have more grocery stores and more options in more places." Edmonton city council passed a motion from Janz earlier this year asking the province to eliminate such covenants.
- Insurance Bureau of Canada estimated that five or six Edmonton-area severe-weather events this summer each caused more than $30 million in damage. Prairie-wide insured losses exceeded $1.8 billion.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is considering changes to the Municipal Government Act that could let larger municipalities hold private briefings before public debates. Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack said he would prefer to avoid private pre-briefings and keep most council business public. "There's only very select reasons why we're allowed to go into private, and I think that should continue to be the way we operate," Knack said.
- Habitat for Humanity and Rohit Homes have completed seven townhomes in Glenridding Ravine for Habitat's homeownership program. Applications are open to people with stable employment who face financial barriers to buying a home.
- Ron Byers of Rainbow Story Hub Foundation has asked the City of Edmonton to add a former downtown gay bar to its inventory of historic resources. Club 70 and Boots and Saddle occupied the building, which Byers hopes to turn into a queer history museum and support centre. Mayor Andrew Knack said formally designating it against the owner's wishes could require city compensation.
- West Edmonton Mall is marking its 45th anniversary by cutting admission to $9.95 for its two mini-golf courses, Sea Life Cavern, skating rink, and World Water Park. The throwback price is meant to match what the attractions would have cost when the mall opened in 1981. Regular waterpark admission is $67.
- Former Edmonton Oilers player Mark Messier said he was "horrified" by the club's hiring of Mike Babcock as head coach. "I'm absolutely shocked they hired him," Messier said on ESPN.
- Dylan Bressey, president of Alberta Municipalities, argued in an op-ed that the province should provide predictable infrastructure funding so municipalities can support housing growth and maintain services. "Provincial infrastructure funding has declined in real per-person terms over many years, even as Alberta's population and construction costs have continued to rise," he wrote. "As a result, municipalities are often forced to delay projects, postpone repairs, and place more pressure on local taxpayers, which all add to Albertans' feelings of frustration."
- El Niño could leave parts of Alberta up to seven degrees Celsius warmer than average this winter and reduce spring snowpack, climate scientists forecast.
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