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Fort Chipewyan, Alta., leaders call for honesty and remediation, in testimony before federal committee
Indigenous leaders in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., are calling on the federal government to remediate a contaminated area in the ...
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Suspicious fire destroys century-old church in Fort Chipewyan, Alta.
RCMP are investigating after Fort Chipewyan's century-old Catholic church — one of Alberta's oldest — was destroyed in a suspicious fire early Thursday. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin ...
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Former priest's rectory burns down in Fort Chipewyan, 2 months after losing century-old church to arson
The priests rectory in Fort Chipewyan was located next to the Nativity ... community needs a place to worship and gather, and that religion should be respected. But as a residential school ...
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Northern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan evacuated with military airlift as out of control fire rages
An evacuation order went into effect for Fort Chipewyan, a hamlet with a population of about 800 people, on Tuesday and includes the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation ...