Edmonton activates extreme cold weather response

The City of Edmonton activated its extreme weather response Friday to help its vulnerable population, while Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for the city and parts of Alberta.

Edmonton is seeing the mercury drop significantly in the coming days. Friday night will drop to -13 Celsius overnight.

The forecast for Sunday overnight is -17 C, and -18 C for Monday night. Temperatures are expected to warm up Tuesday before dropping again Wednesday and Thursday.

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The city’s cold weather plan includes three bus routes that will run from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night to transport people to shelters with capacity.

Fifty temporary shelter spaces will open Monday night at the city-funded Al Rashid Mosque in north Edmonton. The Bissell Centre and Boyle Street Community Centre are extending their daytime hours of operation.

The response is expected to last until Dec. 1 at 9 a.m.