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Share This Edmonton is changing the names and boundaries of its wards. The changes to the wards will come into effect on October 18, 2021, which also happens to be municipal election day.  Rob Houle was instrumental in determining the ward name changes. Houle is from the Swan River First Nation in Treaty No. 8 territory in Northern Alberta.  He has worked at various levels of government in Indigenous relations and he currently works as a research fellow at the Yellowhead Institute, which ...

These people existed in our past with terrible behaviours, but to destroy and to erase the past could have a complete opposite effect

Calls are growing to change the name of an Edmonton LRT station named after a bishop considered to be an architect of the residential school system.

Grandin, who lived in St. Albert, championed the residential school system to the federal government and said it was the best way to remove the Indigenous culture from youth.

Posted: Apr 09, 2021 1:59 PM MT | Last Updated: April 10 Task force on community safety and well-being makes 14 recommendations to improve calls for service in Edmonton. (Marion Warnica) A city-appointed task force on policing and community safety has attacked the integrity of the Edmonton police, says the president of the Edmonton Police Association.  A letter sent on Thursday by Sgt. Michael Elliott to EPA members outlines deep concerns with the findings in the report released last week. ...

Edmonton to tackle first of 14 task-force tips to improve policing by mid-summer Edmonton may begin acting on a task force’s recommendations by mid-summer to improve the relationship between police and the public, city councillors agreed at a meeting Tuesday. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 06, 2021 6:42 PM MT | Last Updated: April 7 Several anti-racism protests held around Edmonton in 2020 led to city council calling a public hearing into policing. (Trevor Wilson/CBC) Edmonton may a...

  Buckingham Palace won’t be acting on a letter from Treaty Six chiefs to intervene in the selection of the Queen’s next stand-in to Canada, the Governor General.   On Jan. 27, the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations wrote Queen Elizabeth II directly, expressing concern after the monarch’s representative — former astronaut Julie Payette — resigned six days earlier after a bombshell investigation found she presided over a “toxic” and abusive workplace.   “Thank...

Daniela Germano From left to right, Christina Hardie, Robert Houle, Roxanne Tootoosis, Lynda Minoose, Noella Steinhauer, Lillian Gadwa, Terri Suntjens, Theresa Strawberry, Edna Elias and Beatrice Morin are shown in this undated handout image. Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Curtis Cameron *MANDATORY CREDIT December 26, 2020 - 8:00 PM EDMONTON - To Terri Suntjens, symbolism means everything. Thats why she decided to get involved with the City of Edmontons ini...

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Winnipeg Free Press By: Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press Posted: EDMONTON - To Terri Suntjens, symbolism means everything. From left to right, Christina Hardie, Robert Houle, Roxanne Tootoosis, Lynda Minoose, Noella Steinhauer, Lillian Gadwa, Terri Suntjens, Theresa Strawberry, Edna Elias and Beatrice Morin are shown in this undated handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Curtis Cameron*MANDATORY CREDIT ...