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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.

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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. For all of us at nbc news, good >> Announcer: broadcasting from treaty 6 territory, also home to many diverse first nations, inuit and metis peoples, this is citynews. [ ] >> Reporter: the city's looking at increasing fares on public transit next year, edmonton residents are fed up with the way the city is spending money. >> I think it is a joke. >>> Experts say edmonton could see a population boom after all the rain we have been getting in mosquitoes, how do residents deal with the pests? >>> It's good that it's indigenous land but it may not be the time yet. >> Reporter: indigenous women say they have serious concerns about the rcmp adding the ribbon skirt to the uniform. >> Cultural transformation and reconciliation is not a cop in a ribbon skirt. >>> The truck driver behind the tragic humbled broncos bus crash has officially been ordered to be deported, the decision for? Came down at an immigration and refugee board hearing. His lawyer had said all that is required to deport him is proof he is not canadian and that he committed a serious crime. He drove into a stop sign and into the path of a junior hockey team bus, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and granted full parole last year. He is a permanent resident originally from india, his lawyer adds the deportation process could take months or years.

>>> As calgarian's prepare for a busy travel season they are being warned of possible airport disruptions, this comes as more than 9000 unionized workers with canada border service agency voted overwhelmingly for a strike mandate, the union says 96 percent of members voted in favour of taking job action, calling it a last resort. Union president saying one of the key issues is aligning cvs eight wages with other law enforcement agencies, in a statement the federal government saying it is fully committed to reaching a fair and reasonable agreement for burtis or border service employees, mediatio sessions ar set for early june but if no deal is reached you could see talese delays at land borders and airport security heading into the summertime. >>> I'm here at the busy southgate transit centre where edmonton residents are coming and going across the city, speaking to those using public transit they are upset the fares could be going up in 2025. >> They have wasted enough money in the city, it is time they started putting in more money to actually support some of these things. >> Reporter: the city is looking up to make money after public transit brought in millions less than what was expected in 2023, as a matter of fact the city budgeted to collect $99 million from fares, but was short of that number by around 12 million. >> Each year we monitor our revenue performance in addition to our financial performance closely, and we know that we have had revenue down. >> Reporter: but transit ridership is up in the city with more people using public transit during high inflation, one of the ways edmonton transit and the city are looking to get the money back is by raising fares, and passengers could see a 25 cent increase, or one-$2 for monthly passes. >> That is quite a lot, but to reach where we want to we still have to continue. >> Reporter: but those using the smart card system say it has been hard to adjust to. One passenger claiming the card doesn't work consistently enough to be worth the hassle. >> The service is iffy, the cards don't work 90 percent of the time, you can ask anyone who uses it. >> Reporter: new fair prices were presented at city council on thursday after reports showed an overview of fares, ridership numbers in the status of the low income pass program, but according to ets fair prices have not government on a been for years and the price adjustments were approved by city council in 2022. >> We are going to bring back report to council, they did give us the motion to look at all options in terms of how to adjust the gap, we will do that research and analysis with a follow-up report at the end of august. >> Reporter: from edmonton, city news.

>>> After a rainy few days edmonton residents are outside on a sunny friday enjoying the grass but with rain and snow in comes mosquitoes. Wildfires are the worst in a dry springlike we had but the dryness does mean we have fewer mosquitoes. >> We live in a high rise condo so they don't usually make it to our balcony so it's not bad there but otherwise. >> I spray when I golf. >> Reporter: the mosquito free spring is about to change, anyone going outside will need to prepare for the worst after seeing the most amount of precipitation all season and hot temperatures expected into next week. >> Personally I'm not a big fan of bug spray, I'm enjoying the school temperatures because I can just where the full clothing and find a jean jacket and mosquitoes won't bite through that. The last couple of days I've been out jogging and then with the rain and heat there's been a few more, I noticed a few bites when I got home. >> Reporter: the city began mosquito control measures last month after what they call a slow start to the season, but with extra rainfall they are advising edmonton residents to take care of standing water. Some people are taking precautions, others aren't too worried about the bloodsuckers. >> Reporter: what kind of productions do you take when you go outside? >> None. >> Reporter: you just let them go at it, hey? >> Yeah, just swap them away if I have to. >>> Oilers forward is still questionable heading into game two of the western conference finals on saturday, he has not played regularly since the first round missed the majority of second round with a lingering ankle injury. Head coach taking cautious approach in the hopes to get the 34-year-old time to get to 100 percent. >> We have a decision to make, he is very close and more time off is only going to make him 100 percent, right now he is probably 98 percent, now we have to make a decision about what is best for our team and he hasn't played for a while but a player like adam would be a huge boost to our team, that the someone we have to decide. >> And they get is really sad that we are losing this and replacing it with something else

>>> The saddledome, olympic plaza, and changes to canada olympic park, while some calgarian's field the olympic legacy is beginning to fade. >>> I thought it might be ai generated. >> Reporter: but the images real, the rcmp are allowing indigenous officers to wear ribbon skirts as part of the dress uniform, but the move to advance cultural change has sparked outrage, some people say the move is simply pandering, while others say given the rcmp's history and reputation among indigenous people that makes this a bad look. >> The rcmp, one of the first jobs they had was to push indigenous people onto reservations and forced them to stay there, they had another job later on when they had to go to the communities, grabbed the children, and bring them to residential school and put the parents in jail if they didn't give up their children. >> Reporter: according to the native women's association of canada, ribbon skirts symbolize sacred traditions and our and embodiments of resilience to colonial cultural erasure. The rcmp says the move to add ribbon skirts came from indigenous officers themselves, in a statement to city news rcmp says the idea came from the women's indigenous network, noting there are 311 regular rcmp members who self identified as indigenous women, nonbinary, or to spirit. The statement adds the ribbon skirt, a women led initiative supports employee pride, advances cultural change in the organization, and helps to build and mend relationships with indigenous people and communities. Accrete woman and 60 scoop survivors says she understands why indigenous women within the rcmp would want to wear the ribbon skirt, but feels the rcmp passing the work of reconciliation off to indigenous women. >> If it is indigenous lead it means the rcmp as an institution isn't doing the work, its indigenous people putting this forward and making this initiative and wearing the ribbon skirts and the rcmp is like okay, that's good. >> Cultural transformation and reconciliation are not a cop in a ribbon skirt. It is the restitution of indigenous land and life and the ending of state sanctioned violence and systematic violence as we know it. >> Reporter: assistant professor and red river métis woman dr kristin voss is writing a book about the history of policing, she says the rcmp relationship with indigenous people remains uncomfortable adding that if police want to wear the skirt more progress on reconciliation must happen. >> If it was ever appropriate it would be when these colonial institutions adopt and fulfil all 94 calls to action as set out in the trc, as well as the call to justice put forward in the final inquiry for missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. >> Reporter: in ottawa, city news.

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