More local social service providers have been invited to visit the Peace Camp this week and organizers have agreed to peacefully vacate Wilbert McIntyre Park by Sept. 28.

"This is a difficult situation... It brings no joy to anyone to have to stand here today and tell people to move along."

The city has always stressed its preferred approach to homelessness is the Housing First model with social, mental health and addictions supports.

The volunteers running the Peace Camp in Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park want to see action taken by all orders of government to keep the unhoused population safe.

The building dates back to 1925. Its former owner, Adolf Minchau, became a prominent Strathcona business figure after coming to the area in 1907 from Russia.

On Saturday, the City of Edmonton released a statement calling for an end date for a homeless camp in Rossdale. Over the same weekend, another camp was organized in Old Strathcona.

The operators of Edmonton's High Level Bridge streetcar service say they have cancelled the 2020 season but hope to resume operations in the spring of 2021.

The Strat will be home to Leopold's Tavern this summer. Developer Chris Dulaba confirmed the first new tenant after city council approved a rezoning of the historic hotel Tuesday.

Rafik Khlgatyan, 57, entered the guilty plea in Edmonton provincial court for the September 2019 incident outside the No Frills in Old Strathcona.

The head of Prairie Sky Gondola projects that if the service is approved in Edmonton, it would see 637,000 customers in its first year of operation.