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12 Canadian books to get kids and teens reading as they head back to school

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

To ease them into the school year — and to help foster a love of reading — CBC Books has pulled together a list of some of our favourite new books for kids, tweens and teens.

Provincial pressure mounts as Edmonton mayor vows to push forward with bike lanes

August 25 , 2025 at 08:28:00 p.m. MDT • :

Sohi said he told the minister in a Monday morning meeting that it's too late to pause or reverse bike lane plans at 132nd Avenue, Alberta Avenue and in Delton because contracts have been signed.

Alberta teachers hopeful as contract talks resume ahead of school year

August 25 , 2025 at 04:42:58 p.m. MDT • :

The group representing Alberta teachers says hopes are high that a deal will be reached as mediated talks resume before the school year gets underway.

Search for Edmonton teen intensifies as police deem disappearance 'suspicious'

August 24 , 2025 at 08:02:29 p.m. MDT • :

Samuel Bird's mother says she's relieved Edmonton Police have deemed her 14-year-old son's disappearance suspicious. Now, as Sam Samson reports, the search has gone from the streets to the North Saskatchewan River.

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