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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 is a First Nation-led research centre and contributes regularly to the Edmonton City as a Museum pr...

'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.  The report is "insulting and demeaning" and used anti-police biases and stereotypes to "attack th...