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• Northern parkland returned to Alberta First Nation after 95 years

  15-07-2017 00:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Ninety-five years after Parks Canada swallowed a Cree village into Wood Buffalo National Park, the federal and provincial governments have returned the land to the Little Red River Cree Nation.
  “I think it’s wonderful,” Henry Grandjambe said Friday. The Little Red River band councillor has lived near the traditional hunting and trapping lands his whole life.
  The land in question is around the community of Garden River — also called Garden Creek — which occupies
  
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• PrescribeIT: Edmonton pharmacies, clinics frustrated with end of national e-prescription service

  09-06-2026 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta's pharmacists, clinicians, and medical associations are unhappy about the end of a national digital medical prescription service that shut down in May after eight years. Read More
  
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• Mike Babcock? Just how ridiculous do the Edmonton Oilers plan on getting?

  09-06-2026 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Just how ridiculous do the Edmonton Oilers plan on looking before this godforsaken coaching search of theirs grinds to a merciful end? Read More
  
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• First-degree murder trial starts for man charged with woman's 1996 Edmonton killing

  08-06-2026 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Three decades after a young mother was strangled to death in her Edmonton apartment with her own bathrobe belt and shoelace, Brayan Boucher has been charged with first-degree murder. Read More
  
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• 'It's real. They are considering it': Edmonton Oilers reportedly looking at controversial coach Mike Babcock

  08-06-2026 22:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Just in case you thought there wasn't enough noise over the off-season to go along with the circus that has been the Edmonton Oilers' hunt for a new head coach, enter Mike Babcock into the discussion. Read More
  
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• City council looking to lead on homelessness with business blessings

  08-06-2026 22:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Last week, Jordan Reiniger was driving his kids home from swimming lessons when his daughter noticed a man lying on a staircase. Read More
  
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• City council looking to lead on homelessness with blessings from business

  08-06-2026 22:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Last week, Jordan Reiniger was driving his kids home from swimming lessons when his daughter noticed a man lying on a staircase. Read More
  
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• Matheson: Edmonton Oilers' head coaching search becoming Bizarro World

  08-06-2026 22:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The longer the Oilers wait on Vegas to make a decision on whether to free fired coach Bruce Cassidy to talk to Edmonton, either the Oilers must categorically know the Golden Knights will say yes in the next week or so, or they will continue to look weak, like they’re begging. Read More
  
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• Calgary Stampede-bound: a talk with Indian Relay Race announcer Gayle Skunk Cap

  08-06-2026 22:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Grande Prairie Alberta is as far north as Indian Relay Race announcer Gayle Skunk Cap has ever been during his 40 plus years in the sport. Read More
  
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• 5 FACTORS: Rankin rumbles as Edmonton Elks win rare season opener

  08-06-2026 21:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Far be it for anyone to critique the Edmonton Elks' first win of the season. Read More
  
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• Three arrested in coordinated, cross-provincial series of thefts: EPS

  08-06-2026 21:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two men and a woman are facing 59 charges after being arrested in Winnipeg in connection with a series of credit card thefts in Edmonton. Read More
  
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• Three arrested in co-ordinated, cross-provincial series of thefts: EPS

  08-06-2026 21:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two men and a woman are facing 59 charges after being arrested in Winnipeg in connection with a series of credit card thefts in Edmonton. Read More
  
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• NHL insider reports that Edmonton Oilers doing their due diligence on Mike Babcock

  08-06-2026 21:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This just in, from NHL insider Darren Dreger… Read More
  
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• 'Colossal undertaking': Elections Alberta begins recruiting 60,000 workers for Oct. 19 referendum

  08-06-2026 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Elections Alberta is seeking 60,000 employees for the upcoming fall referendum. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Fund Alberta women's shelters like any other emergency service

  08-06-2026 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two weeks ago, the Government of Alberta made it official: Cuts to operating budgets were on the way for over a dozen women’s shelters. Read More
  
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• Monday T: Edmonton Oilers need a meaner Darnell Nurse; Marner is the man

  08-06-2026 17:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  As the Darnell Nurse saga continues, one truth remains. No matter how this plays out, whether he stays in Edmonton another year or waives his no movement clause and ends up somewhere else, it didn’t have to be this way. Read More
  
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• Some UCP members are threatening to oust the premier. Here's how they plan to do it

  08-06-2026 13:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Albertans are set to head to the polls in October to vote in a referendum on whether to stay in Canada or start the process to hold a later, binding referendum on seceding. Read More
  
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• University of Alberta researcher recognized for advancing prostate cancer treatment

  08-06-2026 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Adam Kinnaird spent his junior hockey days stopping pucks for the Fort Saskatchewan Traders, and while many teammates were chasing the pro hockey dream, Kinnaird had his sights set on something entirely different — becoming a doctor. Read More
  
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• Big defender one of few Oilers prospects to go sideways this year, but better things will come

  08-06-2026 04:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  There are years when most top Edmonton Oilers either fall off the list due to trades or they trend down because of poor play. The 2025-26 season was not such a year. Read More
  
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• Connor McDavid brings the NHL hardware home to Edmonton yet again

  07-06-2026 23:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Connor McDavis has won the NHL’s Ted Lindsay Award. Read More
  
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• An Edmonton mom lost her daughter in a tangled web of violence. She's finally ready to talk about it

  07-06-2026 22:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When Mohamed Fofanah and Mya Abialmouna were shot to death in 2023, Fofanah's name rose to the top. The 20-year-old had lost a brother to homicide just six months prior, and Edmonton's Sierra Leonean community spoke out on behalf of the grieving family. Mya's name faded into the background.  Read More
  
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• The players have their say: Connor McDavid wins fifth Ted Lindsay Award

  07-06-2026 17:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Connor McDavid is one of the three finalists for the NHL's Hart Trophy. But, the oddsmakers have Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon as the favourite, while the polymarket is leaning towards Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov. Read More
  
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• For the Edmonton Oilers' Stan Bowman, has waiting for Bruce Cassidy become a bridge too far: 9 Things

  07-06-2026 08:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  How does one convince a veteran NHL head coach to audition for a job his prospective employer may ultimately give to someone else? Read More
  
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• Edmonton Elks win first season-opener in 6 seasons, 29-21, over Ottawa

  07-06-2026 04:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  For the first time in six seasons, the Edmonton Elks won their season opener, 29-21 over the Ottawa Redblacks at TD Place Stadium on Saturday. Read More
  
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• Man accused of torching Belgravia infills has long history of arson: parole board

  06-06-2026 23:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The man charged with torching infill construction sites in south Edmonton was on parole for a previous string of arsons and told police he "just liked the area" when asked why he was near the scene of one of the fires an hour past his curfew. Read More
  
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• Seeing the forest for the trees: Edmonton high school student wins $100K scholarship for ancient tree tracker

  06-06-2026 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  What started as a pandemic project in Grade 6 became a cool nature app for Albertans, leading to a prestigious $100,000 scholarship for Edmonton high school senior Josh Kirsch. Read More
  
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• Lorne Gunter: Mass immigration masks a decade of Liberal economic mismanagement

  06-06-2026 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This Tuesday, after several days of dodging questions about the “technical” recession Canada is in (which is kind of like claiming a woman is “technically” pregnant), Prime Minister Mark Carney finally admitted the country’s economy was a bit patchy. The word he used is “bumpy.” Read More
  
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• Country star rejects separatism claims, says critics question his 'national pride'

  06-06-2026 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  On Monday, before the Canadian men's national soccer team kicked off its match against Uzbekistan in front of an announced crowd of more than 46,000, country star Brett Kissel stood in the driving rain and played "O Canada." Read More
  
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• Saturday's letters: Where would independent Alberta find workers?

  06-06-2026 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A poll suggests that a significant number of Albertans would leave if Alberta voted to separate. This is not surprising; many are repulsed by the thinly disguised racism involved in the acceptance of the replacement conspiracy, and the Mitch Sylvestre promise that many people will be leaving. Then there is the xenophobic assertion that only people born in Alberta will have citizenry rights, and the sexist reduction of women’s roles to baby-makers. Read More
  
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• Are the Oilers going to make the same wretched mistake they made before with Holloway?

  06-06-2026 04:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It's no easy matter to build a Stanley Cup-winning team, especially in this era of enforced competitive balance, with a hard salary cap making it difficult for top teams to hold their own talent, let alone pay for new talent under the cap. To succeed, it takes a GM who knows when to hold onto a player, knows when to fold with a olayer, and one who never, ever counts his money when he's sitting at the table. Read More
  
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