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Jan 6, 2025 1:22 PM - The Canadian Press

Most-recent Edmonton cold weather response ends Monday

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the City of Edmonton says it will deactivate its extreme weather response on Monday at 9 a-m.

With temperatures set to rise, the City of Edmonton says it will deactivate its extreme weather response on Monday at 9 a-m.

The city will stop running its expanded overnight shuttle service and overnight emergency shelter this week. The extreme weather response was activated on December 30th, due to the extreme cold.

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