A community east of Edmonton came together to help a non-profit hit by multiple catalytic converter thefts in just 10 days.

Oscar Benjumea, 27, pleaded guilty in May to three counts of dangerous driving causing death in the July 3, 2020 crash, as well as to a fourth count of failing to stop at an accident involving death.

There are now 822 COVID-19 patients in hospital, an increase of 230 from a week ago, and 403 from two weeks ago, or a jump of more than 96 per cent in the last two weeks.

The Edmonton Police Service is seeking witnesses of a Monday hit-and-run collision in the northwest after an 83-year-old was hospitalized.

The restaurant will be located in Windermere and is scheduled to open in early 2022.