EPSB said when the province redirected education funding towards the COVID-19 pandemic response, its budget for May and June was reduced by about $17.5 million.

School trustees with the Edmonton Public School Board unanimously passed a motion Tuesday night that stipulates school dress codes should not be gender specific.

In the booming southside neighbourhood of Creekwood Chappelle, the changes would mean some people next to the new school would be zoned to attend while other nearby students would go to Duggan School, 15 kilometres away.