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Barbara Nolan, an Anishnaabe elder on a mission to promote her nation's language, says she loves to hear stories about how her work is influencing children.

Nolan launched a series of online videos last month to introduce the language — called Anishinaabemowin — to the very youngest members of the community.

The Okotoks Oilers picked up their first win of the 2024-2025 BCHL season with an explosion of goals, defeating the Cranbrook Bucks 8-5.

Seven different Oilers would pick up their first goals of the season in a history-making game as this was the first time in history that the Cranbrook Bucks played a regular season game against the Green and Gold at Viking Rentals Centre.

Olivier Ciarlo made the start for the Oilers and picked up his first win making 23 saves.

On a beautiful afternoon, a couple dozen cars and trucks showed up to burn some rubber in High River.

You could smell burnt rubber for blocks and blocks, but the ever-shifting breeze cleared it up relatively quickly.

Hundreds of spectators lined the fenced-off area along Centre Street between 3rd and 7th Avenue.

Car enthusiasts loved some of the wide variety of vehicles that entered including a Station Wagon that got some of the crowd's loudest applause.

Most of the balloons were able to lift off Saturday morning for the 12th annual Heritage Inn International Balloon Festival.

The wind and rain have caused the previous four attempts to be cancelled.

The few hundred people who showed up at the Macleod Trail launch site this morning cheered when the first balloon was able to lift off around 8:30 a.m.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 27, 2024.

Indigenous and small communities in Alberta are, once again, eligible for a grant to help their economic growth.

The Small Community Opportunity Program is open for a second round of grants, which will help small and Indigenous communities and help the economic footprint in rural Alberta to grow.

The wind died down and over 10,000 people poured into the field for the Balloon Glow Friday night.

Negotiations to end a strike by grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver have stalled, with the employers' association saying it's "disappointed" with the results of two days of talks. 

A statement from the Western Grain Elevator Association says the employer bargaining unit had increased its offer to settle "outstanding issues," but that was rejected.

The Town of Okotoks is asking locals to weigh in and help evaluate the social well-being of the community and identify any issues or gaps that need to be addressed.

The recently launched Social Needs Assessment is intended to "enhance the social well-being of our community by identifying key issues and ways to strengthen community connections," according to a release from the town.

Community and social development team lead Sian Anderson says they're hoping to hear from a broad range of people.

Global Affairs Canada began booking blocks of seats on the few remaining commercial flights leaving Lebanon on Friday as it issued another urgent plea for any Canadians in the country to leave immediately.

"Canadians need to leave now and we are helping with that," Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in a statement on X late Friday afternoon.

"Canada has secured seats for Canadians on the limited commercial flights available. If a seat is available, please take it."