City activating extreme weather response as cold and snow set to arrive Sunday night
![Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton Cots are lined up at Al Rashid Mosque emergency shelter in north Edmonton in this undated file photo. (File)](/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2022/12/20/al-rashid-mosque-in-edmonton-1-6202693-1708812746961.png)
The City of Edmonton will activate its extreme weather response Sunday, with temperatures expected start dropping.
The measures will activate at noon and are expected to last until March 1, though they may be extended if the weather remains cold.
Temps were expected to drop to -19 C overnight Sunday, with overnight lows hanging in the high teens and low twenties until at least the end of the month.
Environment Canada issued a snowfall alert for Edmonton and neighbouring municipalities Saturday, as heavy snow is expected to fall Sunday night and into Monday.
During the response, city facilities like recreation centres and libraries will be open to anyone who needs to warm up during regular hours.
The city will also add a third overnight Winter Shuttle Service bus. Shuttles will run from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. from downtown to the Northgate, Southgate and Stadium Transit Centres.
Support staff will be available on shuttles to help passengers find a shelter or access other services.
The city said the LRT trains and stations are not part of the response and are not suitable shelter spaces, as they are not heated and lack access to washrooms.
Edmontonians who are concerned about someone outside in the cold can help by calling:
- 211 and press 3 for the 24/7 Crisis Diversion team, who can help with people in distress and can take them to social service agencies;
- 911 in cases of emergency.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
![](https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.6967058.1721227138!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg)
Trump shooter requested Saturday off from work and told colleagues he'd be back at work Sunday, officials say
The shooter who attempted to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump on Saturday normally would have been at work that day, but he told his boss he needed that the day off because he had 'something to do,' according to multiple law enforcement officials.
Poilievre vows to fire envoy as Canada buys a $9M condo for diplomat in NYC
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to fire Canada’s consul general in New York City if the Tories wins the next federal election.
'I feel like he did not die in vain': Family responds to report on tortured B.C. boy's death
The heartbreak over the death of an Indigenous 11-year-old Fraser Valley boy, tortured and then ultimately killed by his foster parents, was felt by all who knew him.
Drake's Bridle Path mansion floods during record rainfall in Toronto
Drake was one of the many Torontonians whose homes was flooded during a record amount of rainfall in the city Tuesday.
'It's this or that': Why some Canadians aren't having kids anymore
Some Canadians feel stuck between a rock and a hard place when considering starting a family, while others are concerned about what their child's future could look like.
Uncontacted tribe sighted in Peruvian Amazon where loggers are active
Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, were published on Tuesday by Survival International,
Police, family hope for new information on Edmonton woman missing since 2021
The Edmonton Police Service held a news conference on Wednesday in hopes of generating new information on the 2021 disappearance of Nicole Frenchman.
Premiers push federal government to accelerate NATO defence spending
Premiers are urging the federal government to move up its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence spending by 2032.
U.S. eases new border rules for dogs from Canada as Liberals try to secure exemption
Health Minister Mark Holland says he's trying to convince U.S. authorities that Canadian dogs should be allowed to cross the border without restrictions.