Edmonton Elks team owner Larry Thompson has died, club announces | Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms | Alberta advanced education minister to assess need for new protections for free speech, academic freedom
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Edmonton Elks team owner Larry Thompson has died, club announces; CFL Edmonton Elks new owner Larry Thompson walks away after speaking to media during a press conference in Edmonton, Alta\., on Thursday August 15, 2024\.

Edmonton Elks team owner Larry Thompson has died, club announces

September 25 , 2025 at 06:10:31 p.m. MDT • :

The Edmonton Elks say that team owner Larry Thompson has died.
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Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms; Postal workers walk the picket line in front of a Canada Post facility in Medicine Hat, Alta\., on Thursday, after their union said employees were going back on strike\.

Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms

September 25 , 2025 at 03:33:30 p.m. MDT • :

The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government announcing major reforms to Canada Post.
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Alberta advanced education minister to assess need for new protections for free speech, academic freedom; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, right, stands with new Minister of Advanced Education Myles McDougall, following a swearing-in ceremony in Calgary, Alta\., Friday, May 16, 2025\.

Alberta advanced education minister to assess need for new protections for free speech, academic freedom

September 25 , 2025 at 06:28:04 p.m. MDT • :

Advanced Education Minister Myles McDougall has been tapped to look into possible legislation around free speech and academic freedom, in his recent mandate later from the premier.
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Search teams expand radius for missing 6-year-old boy in southern Alberta; The search continues for six-year-old Darius Macdougall, who vanished over the weekend from a campsite near Island Lake Campground, south of Crowsnest Pass\.

Search teams expand radius for missing 6-year-old boy in southern Alberta

September 24 , 2025 at 02:05:55 p.m. MDT • :

Darius Macdougall, who is autistic, has been missing since Sunday when he didn't return from a walk with family members to their campsite at Island Lake Campground.
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Liberal government instructs Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices; Community mailboxes like these will become the norm for all Canadians once Canada Post converts the remaining four million addresses that currently receive door-to-door mail\.

Liberal government instructs Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices

September 25 , 2025 at 10:58:18 a.m. MDT • :

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will allow Canada Post to stabilize its finances and ensure its survival.
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2 Edmonton teachers charged with possessing child pornography; ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit charged two Edmonton men for possessing and accessing child pornography after searching their residence\. Both men worked as teachers\.  

September 23 , 2025 at 02:30:59 p.m. MDT • :

2 Edmonton teachers charged with possessing child pornography

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Alberta justice minister told to legislate new safeguards, oversight of MAID; A new mandate letter to Alberta's Justice Minister Mickey Amery from Premier Danielle Smith said new legislation should introduce "appropriate safeguards" for the use of MAID and prohibit mental illness from being a sole eligibility factor\.  

September 25 , 2025 at 03:06:19 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta justice minister told to legislate new safeguards, oversight of MAID

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How volunteers are leading the desperate search for a missing Indigenous teen; Samuel Bird, 14, was seen on the evening of June 1, 2025, in the Canora neighbourhood in west Edmonton\.  

September 24 , 2025 at 04:14:28 p.m. MDT • :

How volunteers are leading the desperate search for a missing Indigenous teen

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Premier Danielle Smith wants a fast track for Alberta teacher training; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, right, stands with new Minister of Education and Childcare, Demetrios Nicolaides, following a swearing-in ceremony in Calgary on Friday, May 16, 2025\.  

September 23 , 2025 at 06:59:02 p.m. MDT • :

Premier Danielle Smith wants a fast track for Alberta teacher training

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Parents cautiously optimistic as Alberta teachers' union, employers reach tentative agreement; The Alberta Teachers' Association has reached a tentative agreement with its employer, but teachers still need to vote to ratify it\.  

September 24 , 2025 at 05:57:56 p.m. MDT • :

Parents cautiously optimistic as Alberta teachers' union, employers reach tentative agreement

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