'When our mates need help, Australia is there': Fire crew from Down Under deployed in Alberta | How Edmonton Oilers fans are celebrating the team's success near and far | Majority of Alberta teachers vote to strike
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'When our mates need help, Australia is there': Fire crew from Down Under deployed in Alberta; New South Wales Rural Fire Service in Australia says a 96-strong contingent of firefighters and specialists have deployed to Canada for five weeks\.

'When our mates need help, Australia is there': Fire crew from Down Under deployed in Alberta

June 10 , 2025 at 10:23:45 a.m. MDT • :

With wildfires burning across Alberta, firefighters defending communities under threat will be getting some help from Down Under.

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How Edmonton Oilers fans are celebrating the team's success near and far; Kevin Follett, of Fort McMurray, Alta\., poses in the Moss Pit outside of Rogers Place ahead of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers in Edmonton on Friday, June 6, 2025\.

How Edmonton Oilers fans are celebrating the team's success near and far

June 10 , 2025 at 11:38:07 a.m. MDT • :

Fans from Alberta and across the ocean, are attending Oilers games with extreme traditions. Some travel across the globe and others paint their bodies blue and orange to attend the games.

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Majority of Alberta teachers vote to strike; Alberta teachers have voted 94\.5 per cent in favour of a strike\.

Majority of Alberta teachers vote to strike

June 10 , 2025 at 01:14:08 p.m. MDT • :

In results posted online Tuesday by the Alberta Teachers' Association, 94.5 per cent of teachers who voted, authorized strike action.

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Oilers defenceman Jake Walman fined for roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct in Game 3; Edmonton Oilers defenceman Jake Walman controls the puck in this file photo from April 2025\. Walman was fined 10,000 for two incidents in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final\.

Oilers defenceman Jake Walman fined for roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct in Game 3

June 10 , 2025 at 01:31:05 p.m. MDT • :

The NHL has fined Edmonton defenceman Jake Walman a total of $10,000 US for his role in two separate incidents in the Oilers' 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.

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I'm an aunt who chooses to be childless. Merchandise with passive-aggressive mom digs gets under my skin; Nicole Starker Campbell and her niece Serene on a family vacation in Florida in 2012\.

I'm an aunt who chooses to be childless. Merchandise with passive-aggressive mom digs gets under my skin

June 9 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Nicole Starker Campbell is a proud auntie but doesn't embrace the saying "Aunts … Like Moms, Only Cooler."

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Edmonton police officer denies 'gratuitous' force during arrest; Edmonton police Const\. Alexander Doduk is on trial for assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm\.  

June 10 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Edmonton police officer denies 'gratuitous' force during arrest

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OPEC boss slams net-zero targets, promotes big future for oil in Calgary speech; Haitham al-Ghais, the secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries \(OPEC\), delivered a speech Tuesday at the Global Energy Show in Calgary\.  

June 10 , 2025 at 01:09:08 p.m. MDT • :

OPEC boss slams net-zero targets, promotes big future for oil in Calgary speech

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Oilers fans react to 6-1 Game 3 loss; Two women in a crowd of people wear Edmonton Oilers apparel and wave flags\.  

June 9 , 2025 at 11:53:13 p.m. MDT • :

Oilers fans react to 6-1 Game 3 loss

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What do Oilers fans expect from Game 3?; Oilers fans are dressed up in blue and orange make up and wigs in Rogers Place\.  

June 9 , 2025 at 10:31:25 a.m. MDT • :

What do Oilers fans expect from Game 3?

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3 charged in northern Alberta for setting off fireworks during fire ban; Three people were charged after setting off fireworks in Fort Chipewyan, Alta\., during a fire ban\.  

June 9 , 2025 at 02:05:32 p.m. MDT • :

3 charged in northern Alberta for setting off fireworks during fire ban

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