Overview

• Edmonton police are investigating after a skateboarder was struck by a vehicle in south Edmonton, according to local reporting.
• An Edmonton Journal letter criticizes Premier Danielle Smith’s push for a provincial police force and raises concern over policing under political control.
• The same letter claims Smith recently quipped that intruders should expect to be “shot or beaten up,” presenting the remark as troubling in light of her policing proposal.
• Letters in the Calgary Sun and Edmonton Sun call for tougher youth penalties, including abolishing the Youth Criminal Justice Act so teenage killers face adult court.
• Other readers’ letters deride Prime Minister Mark Carney’s European trip and oppose Alberta charging residents for COVID vaccinations.