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First Nation chiefs in Alberta say leftover money from a pandemic oil and gas site remediation program should stay in the province to clean up Indigenous land.

Alberta and Loon River First Nation, Peerless Trout First Nation and Bigstone Cree Nation have signed an agreement to begin work to extend Highway 686 to Fort McMurray, connecting northeastern and northwestern Alberta.

Below is the transcript from Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews speech outlying the details of the 2023 Alberta Budget. 

Below is the transcript from Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews speech outlying the details of the 2023 Alberta Budget. 

Read the speech delivered by Finance Minister Travis Toews to introduce the provincial government’s 2023 budget.

Below is the transcript from Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews speech outlying the details of the 2023 Alberta Budget. 

In 2021, about 87,600 Indigenous people were living in the Edmonton census metropolitan area, an increase of about 11,400 — or 15 per cent — over 2016. Indigenous people now make up about 6.2 per cent of the Edmonton area's 1.42 million people.

"It comes back to being grateful to be here, alive and having an able body to go up that mountain"

"It comes back to being grateful to be here, alive and having an able body to go up that mountain"

Albertans can continue to access legal aid as they always have, thanks to support coming from inside and outside the organization.