CFWE Radio News - August 18 - 2015

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.

One of the teens was pronounced dead at the scene. The other teen was taken to an Edmonton hospital where he died.

The two male victims were 18 and 19 year old from the Spruce Grove/Stony Plain area.

Police said names of the victims won’t be released.

The cause of the collision is under investigation.

One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash southwest of Calgary today.

Emergency crews were called to Bullhead Road on the Tsuu
T’ina reserve around 6:30 a.m. for a t-bone collision between an SUV and a car.

Firefighters were able to extricate the driver of the SUV
from her vehicle. STARS Air Ambulance rushed the woman, in her late teens, to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary in serious but stable condition.

The driver of the car, a male in his late teens, was
pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP are working to determine what caused the collision.

It’s unknown if speed or alcohol may have been factors. 

A recent study of 2000 parents has shown that summer time is a particular time of concern,
especially on family holidays.

The study found that a majority of parents believe their
children use the internet too much during the summer.

It prevents them from reading, socializing with other
children and undertaking other fun summer time activities. The study also discovered what solutions and strategies parenting are adopting to ween their children from their smart devices and encourage them to have a full and active summer.

Dozens of First
Nations leaders from across Canada and the United States were on hand this week
in Banff, Alta., to witness the signing of an historic treaty.

The Stoney Nakoda Nation signed the "Buffalo Treaty" at the 2015 Banff Indian Days and elders say it is a significant
moment for members.

The Buffalo Treaty is a collective agreement to honour and
recognize the relationship that First Nations have with the buffalo and the importance of providing free range habitat on traditional lands.

In March, Banff National Park signed on to be the first
national park to reintroduce wild plains bison into the area.

Young buffalo will be moved into a fenced area in Banff over the next 18 months but the fences will be taken away once the animals are acclimated and then they'll be allowed to roam freely after that.

Yesterday Liberal leader Justin Trudeau stated that if elected Prime Minister he will renew a nation to nation partnership with First Nations People.

Along with the renewed relationship Trudeau said that he is
committed to working with First Nations to close the educational funding gap.

This includes a 2,6-billion dollar investment into kindergarten to grade 12 education.

The liberals would also invest 5-hundred-million for
education infrastructure.

Later this evening or tomorrow morning a group of walkers journeying from Norway house to Prince Rupert will be entering the City of Edmonton to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women.

The walk was organized by Brenda Osborne. Her daughter
Claudette went missing July 24th 2008 from Winnipeg. Claudette Osborne was 21 when she disappeared and last seen at the Lincoln Hotel.

Just two weeks prior to her disappearance Claudette had
given birth to a child. The child was apprehended by Child and Family Services due to her addictions and her being a sex trade worker.

To see where you can meet walkers, go to their Facebook
event page, Edmonton’s Greeting of the Walk for Missing and Murdered 2015.

Red Crow Community College located on the Blood Reserve near Cardston caught on fire.

The fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. and engulfed the entire
building, but is now under control.

The building was once the St. Mary's residential school,
which closed in the 1980s. It was retrofitted to become a college to meet the needs of the community. In 1995 it became the first tribal college in Canada.