Category Archives: Local News
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation recognized around Edmonton
Sept. 30 served as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day, in Canada, commemorating the tragic history and impacts of the residential school system and honoring reconciliation....
Oct 03, 2023 A tipi at the Pimiy Ôcenas Nâtawîhowin Askiy (Devon Healing Medicine Grounds). Photo by Ryan Hunt.
Bonnyville Friendship Centre honoring the MMEIP and Stolen Children
The Bonnyville Friendship Centre will be honoring the Stolen Children and Missing Murdered Exploited Indigenous People at the Bonnyville Centennial Centre. Janet Gobert, CEO of the Bonnyville Native F...
Oct 03, 2023 Bonnyville Friendship Centre's Honoring the MMEIP and Stolen Children
Indigenous tourism development strategy launched in Edmonton
At the TELUS World of Science - Edmonton, an Indigenous Tourism Development Strategy was announced for the city earlier this week. On Sept. 26, Explore Edmonton, Stormy Lake Consulting, and Moccasin T...
Oct 03, 2023 A traditional dancer in the Zeidler Dome at the TELUS World of Science - Edmonton. Photo by Ryan Hunt.
Alberta will remember all the MMIWG2S+ with Sisters in Spirit Day
Each year, Sisters in Spirit Day is recognized in Alberta on October 4 to honor the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, their families, loved ones and communities. Vigils and com...
Oct 03, 2023
Edmonton Police investigating suspicious death outside downtown shelter
The Edmonton Police Service is investigating what it believes to be the suspicious death of a man outside of a Downtown Edmonton homeless shelter early Sunday evening. Around 5:25 p.m, E...
Oct 02, 2023
Grande Prairie honors National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Muskoseepi Park
Many citizens from the city of Grande Prairie gathered in Muskoseepi Park to refelct and pay their respects to the many children who where lost and the survivors of Residential School on Orange Shirt ...
Oct 01, 2023 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Muskoseepi Park in the City of Grande Prairie (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Highway 63 near Suncor North Gate reopened after Saturday Crash
Two pickup trucks crashed on Highway 63 early Saturday morning near the Suncor North Gate in Northern Alberta. Wood Buffalo RCMP said the highway was closed as a result of debris spread across ...
Oct 01, 2023
Grizzly bear euthanized after attack leaves two dead in Banff National Park
Parks Canada says a bear attack in Alberta's Banff National Park has left two people dead. Banff field unit external relations manager Natalie Fay says the agency received an alert from ...
Oct 01, 2023
Telus World of Science hosts event for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
On Sept 30, Telus World of Science in Edmonton offered free admission to Indigenous guests. There was a Tipi raising, Lighting of the Qulliq, an Indigenous Vendors Market and activities throughout the...
Sep 30, 2023
Orange Shirt Day 2023: Stony Plain
Community members in the town of Stony Plain gathered at Heritage Park early Saturday morning to pay respects to those who have been lost and those who are healing on Orange Shirt Day. The comm...
Sep 30, 2023
