Sixteen fentanyl-related overdoses all in the evening of Aug. 9 in Vancouver have brought national attention to an issue the Blood Tribe has been tackling head-on.

In March, the First Nation in the Blackfoot Confederacy in southern Alberta declared a local state of emergency in response to 13 deaths over four months due to drug overdoses.

The discovery of about 30 dead blue herons near a run-off pond at a Syncrude operation in northeastern Alberta has resulted in an outcry against oversight and management of oilsands operations.

The decision by Canada and Manitoba to fund infrastructure on Lake Manitoba while nearly 2,000 First Nations members remain homeless has First Nations leaders questioning government priorities.

“Clearly the idea of making a splashy announcement on half-a-billion dollars for the benefit of Manitoba Conservatives is problematic considering the tragedy that we’ve experience for our communities has been nothing short of devastating,” said Assembly of Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak.

The offshore capability of an FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) terminal immediately raises the question as to whether the Steelhead/Malahat LNG project, announced Aug. 20, has opened the door for new discussion on the issue of offshore oil and gas.

Since 1972, the federal government has imposed a moratorium on offshore drilling on the B.C. coast, but the petroleum industry has continued to explore the potential for undersea oil and gas development by re-interpreting pre-moratorium drilling data and using low-impact technologies.

Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG has announced the signing of a Mutual Benefits Agreement and Long-Term Lease with Malahat First Nation to export natural gas fracked in Northeastern B.C.

The proposed FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) terminal would have a capacity to transship up to six million tonnes (mpta) of LNG annually, and would be located at the existing deep-water port formerly known as Bamberton, located on the Saanich Peninsula.

Hakim McLaren, who has cerebral palsy and a hearing impairment, is one of the Alberta Foodservice Labour  Connections project’s many success stories.

The annual Oilers rookie game against the University of Alberta Golden Bears is moving to Rexall Place.

The game will be played on Wednesday, September 16th.

It’s the first time the game will not be played at Clare Drake Arena. The Golden Bears have won 13 of the 24 all-time matchups.

Today and tomorrow the Alberta RCMP Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Unit will be conducting an aerial sweep of the North Saskatchewan River east of Edmonton.

The purpose of the search is to possibly recover remains of one or more missing people who are believed to have entered the river.

Cochrane RCMP are investigating a crash scene on Highway 8, west of the City of Calgary, where a woman has died.

Emergency crews were called to the scene for reports of a head-on crash between a semi-truck and a car.

According to police, the tanker truck was empty and was eastbound into the city when the westbound car crossed the center line in the road.

Police say the westbound car crossed the center line on Highway 8 this morning into the path of an oncoming semi. The driver, a woman, was dead at the scene.

Two teenagers died Sunday night after a crash near Spruce Grove.

Police have determined a pick up truck was travelling west
on Highway 16A at about 10 p.m. at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control and crossed the median into the eastbound lanes. The two teens were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled several times before coming to a stop on its roof in a farmer’s field next to the highway about five kilometres east of
Spruce Grove.