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Treaty 8 First Nations call for 2% resource revenues from projects on their land; Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi spoke with reporters Thursday, after his organization met with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary\.

Treaty 8 First Nations call for 2% resource revenues from projects on their land

June 26 , 2025 at 08:14:04 p.m. MDT • :

Treaty 8 First Nations chiefs in Alberta are calling for a two-per-cent share of royalties from projects that develop resources from their land. It is among the concerns they raised to Premier Danielle Smith on Thursday.

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Alberta panel formed to fight federal overreach questioned over proposed cuts to newcomers; Premier Danielle Smith is leading the province's Alberta Next panel, formed to fight federal over-reach within the province\.

Alberta panel formed to fight federal overreach questioned over proposed cuts to newcomers

June 26 , 2025 at 07:47:14 a.m. MDT • :

Two members of Alberta's new $2-million panel fighting federal overreach say they aren't responsible for the messaging and ideas on the panel's website, including a suggestion to end social supports for some newcomers.

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'A great relief to know': Nunavummiut remember loved ones during visit to Charles Camsell Hospital; Nunavut Tunngavik Inc\. brought 49 Inuit from the territory's Kitikmeot region to the former Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, where thousands of Inuit were sent to be treated for tuberculosis from the 1940s to 1960s, and a nearby cemetery where many former patients were buried\.

'A great relief to know': Nunavummiut remember loved ones during visit to Charles Camsell Hospital

June 26 , 2025 at 04:11:45 p.m. MDT • :

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. brought 49 Inuit from Nunavut's Kitikmeot region to the former Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, where thousands of Inuit were sent to be treated for tuberculosis from the 1940s to 1960s.

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Edmonton teacher facing child pornography charges believed to have left the country; A warrant has been issued for the arrest of teacher Jimmy Buena for making, accessing, possessing, and transmitting child pornography\.

Edmonton teacher facing child pornography charges believed to have left the country

June 25 , 2025 at 10:09:19 a.m. MDT • :

Investigators believe an Edmonton high school teacher,  facing charges for the sexual exploitation of children, has fled the country.

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Hundreds of educational assistants cut across Alberta after Jordan's Principle changes; Sturgeon Public Schools had received  \$1\.9 million in Jordan's Principle funding last school year\. Now ineligible, the division superintendent says the cuts to support staff will be a huge loss for First Nations students\.

Hundreds of educational assistants cut across Alberta after Jordan's Principle changes

June 25 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

CBC reached out to school divisions across the province to ask about the impact of the change on staffing. Over 40 per cent of divisions who responded said there would be job losses as a result of the federal funding changes.

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Former conservative MP Rahim Jaffer running for mayor, after years out of the public eye; Rahim Jaffer was a conservative MP for Edmonton-Strathcona from 1997 to 2008\. Now he says he wants to be the mayor of Edmonton\.  

June 25 , 2025 at 07:20:58 p.m. MDT • :

Former conservative MP Rahim Jaffer running for mayor, after years out of the public eye

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Parents are pressured to give kids an '80s summer. Are we wearing nostalgia blinders?; A surge of posts and articles urging parents to let kids be bored and ditch the schedules can make modern parents feel guilty for scheduling their kids in day camps and activities\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Parents are pressured to give kids an '80s summer. Are we wearing nostalgia blinders?

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72 sick in salami salmonella outbreak, health agency says; The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalled the products in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba on June 10\. Seven people have been hospitalized since the recall was issued\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 12:01:44 p.m. MDT • :

72 sick in salami salmonella outbreak, health agency says

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Soccer coach charged with sexual offences involving teen player: Edmonton police; Edmonton police charged a 30-year-old woman with sexual offences involving one of her teenaged players, Edmonton police say\.  

June 25 , 2025 at 05:21:20 p.m. MDT • :

Soccer coach charged with sexual offences involving teen player: Edmonton police

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Scientists say they've proven these Canadian rocks are the oldest on Earth; Christian Sole, Hanika Rizo and Jonathan O'Neil, three co-authors of the new paper, stand on the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec\. Their study provides new evidence that it contains the oldest rocks on Earth\.  

June 26 , 2025 at 12:00:00 p.m. MDT • :

Scientists say they've proven these Canadian rocks are the oldest on Earth

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