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A significant amount of feedback from teachers and parents has prompted content changes to the draft K-6 social studies curriculum, and now Alberta schools will have the option to try it out in their classrooms starting this fall.
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An RCMP officer has been charged in connection to a child sexual exploitation investigation, according to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). ALERT began an investigation in November…
The Edmonton Police Service says the crime rate in the city dropped by 7.2 per cent in 2023, compared to 2022. The EPS’s annual report says a large reason for the drop was due to lower numbers of non-violent…
Edmonton police are looking for a man believed to be linked to multiple truck thefts in mid-March. EPS says around 6:30 a.m., on March 17, an unidentified man was seen driving a stolen 2003 Ford F-350…
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Seniors in south Edmonton held a party to celebrate the Oilers playoffs. From music to a street hockey game, these long-time fans are getting into the playoff spirit. “We’d be doing this every week…
Edmontonians will be able to go back in time and we’re talking way back. Immerse yourself in a prehistoric world as dinosaurs stomp around the city this weekend. Jurassic Quest is in town for the…
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Alberta’s government will have the ultimate authority over city halls like this across the province — and the constitution is on the province’s side.
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1 in 5 Canadians polled, say they’ve gotten ill from eating food they believe was unsafe. The same study also finds over half of Canadians are willing to eat food near, or past the best before date.
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Canada has failed to meet all vaccination coverage goals for adults as per the 2023 national survey. During World Immunization Week, Dilshad Burman speaks to a family doctor about which vaccines adults are advised to take and why.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue to spread across U.S. college campuses and now Europe, amid rising pressure from police. Brandon Choghri with the reaction from young children in Gaza.
American officials are warning the Chinese government not to interfere in the U.S. Presidential election. Karin Caifa with the attempts to smooth the tense relations between the two superpowers.
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It was evident to the federal government as early as last fall that Loblaw and Walmart might be holdouts to the grocery code of conduct, jeopardizing the project’s success. Documents obtained through…
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The first debate in the Alberta NDP leadership race, held in Lethbridge, was mostly a civil affair Thursday.
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As more Canadians find themselves struggling to afford or find housing, the country’s smallest province is the only one that can point to legislation recognizing housing as a human right. The Canadian…
After the Assembly of First Nations’ national chief complained to Air Canada about how staffers treated her and her ceremonial headdress on a flight this week, she says the airline responded by offering…
The Ehattesaht Nation says orca calf kʷiisaḥiʔis swam out of a lagoon she had been stuck in for over a month on Vancouver Island.
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Canada’s farm fields are in the midst of a transformation. As the country rapidly warms from human-caused climate change, farmers are being pushed to reconsider conventional wisdom about what can and can’t…
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After an announcement at a Honda plant in Alliston, Ont., that will bring billions in new electric vehicle investment, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down with The Big Story to chat in-depth about the…
American troops will be spending more time training in the Far North, the new commander of Norad says, a strategy that fits “hand-in-glove” with Canada’s renewed focus on Arctic defence. U.S. Gen. Gregory…
The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko. The 18-year-old’s youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022. With harrowing…
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Part of Alberta’s sprawling Bill 20 includes the complete banning of tabulator or vote counting machines in provincial elections. The province introduced the legislation on Thursday and Minister of…
The Alberta government has introduced a bill that would grant it sweeping powers over municipalities, including the right to fire councillors, overturn bylaws and postpone elections. The proposed law…
Edmonton Fire Rescue Services responded to an apartment fire along Jasper Avenue Thursday afternoon. EFRS says a call came in around 1:51 p.m., and crews were on scene in three minutes. EFRS respond…
The Alberta RCMP and SPCA have recovered and seized 82 animals in connection to a police investigation in Mountain View County.
Bob Cole, a welcome voice for Canadian hockey fans for a half-century, has died at the age of 90. Born June 24, 1933, the St. John’s native provided a distinctive soundtrack to Canada’s game. He was…
Edmonton police have charged two people in connection to the death of Kyle Syryda in 2022. EPS says on Dec. 7, 2022, they found a 39-year-old in medical distress in a suite near 119 Avenue and 105 Street. Paramedics…
The Los Angeles Kings weren’t about to bow out quietly. Anze Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round…
The City of Edmonton says Stony Plain Road will be closed starting at 7 a.m. on Monday, April 29, as construction on the Valley Line West LRT resumes. Stony Plain will be fully closed between 129 Street…
A constituency association in southern Alberta is asking Premier Danielle Smith to allow a controversial woman who made transphobic comments during the 2023 provincial election into caucus, saying she has made right with her actions.
Nine-year-old Carter Vigh was having a great day last July 11, visiting a waterpark, enjoying a picnic lunch and playing soccer with other kids at a day camp run by his mother, Amber Vigh. At the time,…