The Blackfoot Confederacy is joining a growing number of voices calling for Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter over comments he made about residential schools.

The news that Teck has pulled its bid for the proposed mine came the same day a deal had been reached between the Alberta government and a First Nation that had raised environmental concerns about the oilsands project.

Schools have signed up to fill and assemble the packages so they are ready to be delivered to Indigenous infants, toddlers and teenagers.