The Edmonton Oilers have dismissed head coach Dave Tippett; city council will consider options for a municipal vaccine passport today; the University of Alberta will continue to require masks when in-person learning resumes.
City council is investigating the creation of a municipal vaccine passport; the Edmonton Police Commission could have another council-appointed seat; downtown Edmonton's population was one of only a handful across the country to decline since 2016.
The province has announced a three-step plan to lift COVID-19 public health measures; Explore Edmonton and Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels are partnering to help the hospitality sector recover from the pandemic; Mayor Amarjeet Sohi reflects on his first 100 days in office.
City council has approved $18.3M for the Coliseum Inn conversion into supportive housing; EIA to receive $10.4M in federal funding for pandemic recovery; weather swings are causing issues for city streets.
The city could expand or enhance up to 678 kilometres of multi-use trails; most of Edmonton's homeless shelters have been struggling during the fifth wave; Mayor Amarjeet Sohi expects the province will not restrict cities from enacting their own public health restrictions.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw says Alberta is shifting to an endemic approach to COVID-19; Premier Jason Kenney says a date for the lifting of restrictions will be announced next week; Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said Edmonton will explore its options for keeping restrictions in place.
Executive committee endorses plan to buy and convert Coliseum Inn into supportive housing; construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline is complete in the Edmonton region; Premier Jason Kenney said most COVID-19 protocols will be dropped by the end of February.
The city will continue studying the impact of allowing alcohol consumption in public parks; Edmonton police are using facial recognition technology called NeoFace Reveal; the Oilers have climbed to ninth in the NHL's Power Rankings.
The city has activated its extreme weather response; the fourth round of capital grants from the Affordable Housing Investment Program has launched; University of Alberta-led research says public transit should be more accessible to women.
