Bylaw will soon make it illegal for convenience stores to sell knives [Video]

After years of pressure from community leaders, Edmonton city council is working on a bylaw to prohibit convenience stores from selling knives.

“Just how easy it is to get your hands on knives and blades in our communities,” said Coun. Ashley Salvador.

“The density of convenience stores where you can just walk in and there are knives right next to chocolate bars. That’s a common line that I’ve heard from community members,” she added.

Salvador said she also heard from parents and parent councils.

“Where they’re seeing concerning trends of kids actually showing up to school with these items and that’s deeply alarming,” she said.

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Concerns about knives being sold in convenience stores is something leaders from the Alberta Avenue community have raised for more than a decade.

“2005 is when we started with city …