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make the final decision. Four weeks later, as the judge prepared to rule, he received a letter written by mark and theresa's now teenage daughters, asking that their dad not be sentenced to death. >> Those girls explicitly asked him not to have their father taken from them. >> Reporter: now bearded, mark sievers appealed to the judge. >> I am innocent of all charges. Our girls have tragically lost their mommy, and now they're about to lose their daddy as well. Therefore, I respectfully ask the court for life as not to compound their loss and suffering. I am grateful, however, that the court can only determine my fate on earth, while my soul is in god's hands. >> Reporter: then judge bruce kyle gave his decision. >> I judge people's actions, not their souls. And it's the order of the court that you be sentenced to death, sir. >> Reporter: teresa's family, convinced of mark's guilt, spoke to the media, her sister annie lisa acknowledging that with this verdict and sentence, another life will be taken. >> It feels like justice but it's hollow. Because it's so terrible for mark's family, and we have tremendous compassion for them. Jimmy rogers was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. His appeal was denied in march 2022. Mark sievers appeal was also denied. He will sit out his remaining days on death row. For the detectives who worked so hard to find teresa's killers, the case may be over, but it will always feel bittersweet. >> We should feel good about what we were able to do, because we brought some form of justice to the family. But it's not gonna -- >> Reporter: you can't bring her back. >> Exactly. >> Reporter: and to think how different the investigation may have been but for a woman named rose. >> I don't feel like a hero. I felt like I did the right thing. >> Guess what, folks? If you really want to tap into your body's innate ability to heal -- >> Reporter: you can still find dr. Teresa sievers even today on those youtube videos, promoting health, healing, and a good life. She had helped so many spreading her gospel. Tragically, her message, like her life, cut short before she was finished.

>>> That's all for this edition of "dateline." we'll see you again next friday at 9:00, 8:00 central. And, of course, I'll see you each weeknight for "nbc nightly news."

I'm lester holt. All of us at nbc news, good >> Citynews calgary acknowledges we are proceed casting on the traditional territories of the blackfoot confedry. Of the t'suu tina nation. The stoney nakota nation. Metismation and all people, who make their homes in the treaty 7 region of southern alberta. >> It has been a very welcome addition to our province and our economy >> Calgary is welcoming its first new amazon robotic centre. How the in facility will help with the province's growing labour market. >> It is good that is it is indigenous-led, but it may not be the time >> Indigenous women say they have serious concerns about the rcmp adding a ribbon skirt to the dress uniform >> Cultural transformation and reconciliation. It is not a cop in a ribbon skirt. >> I think it is really sad, actually that we're losing this. A replacing it with something else >> The ald dome, olympic plaza and changes to canada olympic park. Why some calgarians feel the city olympic legacy is beginnings to fade. >> The truck driver behind the tajic humboldt bronco is bus crash has officially been ordered to be deported the decision came down today at an immigration and refugee board hearing. Sidu's lawyer had said all that's required to deport sidu is proof he's not canadian, and that he committed a serious crime. Sidu drove through a stop sign into the path of the junior hockey team's bus back in 2018, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and granted full parole last year. Sid successive defeats a permanent resident originally from india. His lawyer adds the deportation prois access could take months or even years. >> Amazon has been a very welcome addition to our province and our economy. >> Calgary is celebrating the facility's amazon robotic filming centre. It will create over 1500 jobs. Welcome news for a province that's labour market is struggling toking to keep pace with the population >> We know this matters, not only to job creators and investors, but to the many moving to alberta and finding work. [ No Commentary ] >> For customers. >> It is leveling the playing field for a lot of small businesses, because it is allowing them to get their products out to market quicker and they're able to compete with some of the large big box retailers >> Amazon has grown the alberta workforce from 4000 in 2019 to almost 6,000 workers with plans to expand further. >> The growth of amazon, the number of jobs have gone up. We hope it continues to go up overall >> The company hopes technology will help advance productivity in the work space by using automated systems and robot to help employees pack and ship customers orders faster. In calgary, citynews. >> I actually thought it might be ai generated >> But the image is real. The rcmp is now allowing indigenous officers to wear the ribbon skirt as part of the dress uniform, but the move to advance cultural change has sparked outrage. Some say the move is simply pandering, while others say, given the rcmp's hist are and reputation among indigenous people, well that makes this a bad look >> The rcmp one of the first jobs that they had was to push the indigenous people on to the reservations and force them to stay there. They had another job later on, when when they had to go to the communities, grab the children and bring them to residential school, and put the parents in jail, if they didn't give up their children >> According to the native women association of canada, ribbon skirt symbolize is sacred traditions and embodiment of resilience to colonial cultural

erasure >> The rcmp say the move came from indigenous officers themselves. In a statement to citynews, the rcmp says the ideas came from the women's indigenous network. Noting there are 311 regular rcmp members, who self identified as indigenous women, non-binary or two spirit. The statement adds, the rib beon skirt supports employee pride advances cultural change in the organisation and helps to build and amend relationship was indigenous communities and communities. A cree woman and scoop survivor says she understand why krejci women would want to wear the ribbon skirt, but feels it is passing the roark of reconciliation off toridge women >> If it is indigenous led it immediate the rcmp as an institution isn't doing the work. It is the indigenous people putting this forward, making this initiative that are, you know wearing the ribbon skirts. And the rcmp is like, yeah, it is good. Reconciliation. >> Cultural transformation and reconciliation is not a cop in a ribbon skirt. It is the rest constitution of indigenous land and life and the ending of state-sanctioned and systemic violence as we know it >> Assistant professor dr. Christian boss is writing a book on the history of policing. She says the rcmp relationship with indigenous peoples remains uncomfortable. Adding if police want to wear the ribbon skirt, more progress on reconciliation must happen >> If it was ever appropriate, it would be when these colon notial institution as adopt and fulfill all 94 calls to actions set in the rcmp and the calls to justice put forward in the final inquiry for miss, murdered indigenous women and girls. >> We're really proud to be here in calgary and the citizens are starting to really get to know who we are and support >> The calgary festival is back in our city. Aiming to spread inclusion and diversity in front and behind the camera. >> As calgarians prepare for a busy travel season, they're being warned of possible airport disruptions. It comes as more than 9,000 unionize workerses with the canada border services agencies voted overwhelmingly for a strike mandate. The union says 96% voted in favour of taking job action. Calling it a last resort. The union president saying one of the key issuees is aligning wage was other law enforcement agencies. In a statement the federal government saying it is fully committed to reaching a fair and reasonable agreement for border services employee mediation sessions are set for early june, but if no geelong is reached. You could see delays at land border and longer lines at airport security headed into the the summer time. >> That building is known around the world for calgary. >> As a group of calgarians continue to try to preserve one of calgary most iconic fixtures the saddledome changes that canada olympic park and olympic plaza have some feeling the olympic legacy is beginnings to fade. >> That is our culture. I'm fifth generation albertaan. That is our heritage. And, when that's off the landscape, we're going to hurt our image worldwide >> But the dome isn't the only piece of olympic infrastructure set to come down. In 2018 the key jumps at cop were decommissioned due to a lack of funding and olympic plaza is about to undergo a major redevelopment. Some feel calgary is slowly losing its olympic legacy that helps shape the city into what it is today >> It is very sad, actually. It is-- I'm shocked that they're even doing things like that. Especially the saddledome >> The calgary is progressively changing the infrastructure all the time. Let's not forget our history. Let's keep it, raw, there, for people to see and understand. >> The calgary municipal land corporation has launched an on-line survey, giving calgarians a chance to have their say on what the revamped olympic plaza should look like. As for the saddledome. Ground work for the new arena has already begun. The final design is question the to be released one member says he hopes the new building will feature some saddledome charm >> With the new design to honour the saddledome. Have pieces of it in there. It is such an important part of calgary, the original calgarians love that building. We've all been there >> The new event centre is expected to be completed by 2027. And new look olympic plaza is set to open in 2028.

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