Overview

• Roughly 2,500 schools are closed, disrupting about 740,000 students across Alberta.
• The provincial bargaining committee says a Thursday lockout will provide predictability by limiting changing job actions.
• CUPE reports Northern Lights and High Prairie school divisions have issued layoff notices, with boards citing a six-day funding commitment in the revised manual.
• Community groups are stepping in, with the CFL’s Edmonton Elks running a free practice camp that filled 125 spots within hours and added 90 to a wait list.
• Separately, OPSEU’s college support‑staff strike led Conestoga’s Doon campus to cancel in‑person classes, as the union presses job‑security demands contested by the College Employer Council.