Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation

• Alberta First Nation in court over massive proposed ‘Wonder Valley’ AI data centre

  The $70-billion Wonder Valley project backed by celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary aims to become the largest AI data center industrial park in the world.

  Environment

  Jun 8
  
• Road to the Referendum: First Nation chiefs fighting Alberta separatism to preserve way of life

  Sturgeon Lake is one of the Alberta First Nations at the forefront of legal battles fighting back against the push for the province to separate from Canada.

  Perspectives

  Jun 3
  
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• First Nation says it has evidence dozens of children died attending residential school

  Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has spent years digging in provincial archives, looking for death records of children from the time a residential school operated on the nation.

  Perspectives

  May 19
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• Collecting signatures for separation vote doesn’t violate treaty: Alberta’s lawyers

  Lawyers for the Alberta government say collecting signatures for a potential referendum on Alberta separatism doesn't violate treaty rights nor would holding a vote.

  Canada

  Apr 9
• ‘Tyranny of the minority’: Court hears injunction bid on Alberta separatism petition

  The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King’s Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on the grounds First Nations’ consent is required first.

  Politics

  Apr 7
• First Nation voices concern over proposed AI data centre in northern Alberta

  Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation's chief has raised concerns over whether Alberta's premier has given permits to Kevin O'Leary for gas or water access to plan for the proposed project.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2025
• 1 dead following collision involving quad on Highway 43

  Alberta RCMP are investigating a collision involving a quad all-terrain vehicle that claimed the life of a 26-year-old man from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Friday night.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2024
• Alberta wildfires: Evacuation order issued for Valleyview

  An evacuation order was issued for the Town of Valleyview, the northern Alberta home to about 2,000 people, at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15.

  Fire

  May 15, 2023
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• Alberta wildfires: 40 structures ‘substantially damaged’ in Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation

  About 90 per cent of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is without power, natural gas has been shut off, and 40 structures 'damaged substantially' from the wildfires.

  Fire

  May 10, 2023