Category Archives: Breaking News

FORT MCMURRAY - The wildfire danger has climbed to very high in Fort McMurray and Fort Chipewyan, prompting Alberta Wildfire to issue a fire advisory for the Fort McMurray Forest Area. The wildfire da...

CALGARY - More than $2 million in drugs and suspected drug money has been seized in Calgary in what investigators believe includes the largest single cash seizure in ALERT history. ALERT says its Calg...

FORT McMURRAY - More than 100 sensory-friendly backpacks are heading to the Autism Society of Wood Buffalo as part of a back-to-school initiative involving Suncor employees. Suncor says volunteers wit...

EDMONTON - Alberta is investing $20 million from its Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction fund in four projects aimed at improving industrial competitiveness and reducing emissions, including...

FORT McMURRAY - Black bears across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are entering their peak feeding season, prompting wildlife officials to remind residents to secure garbage and other potent...

FORT MCMURRAY - An Airdrie man is facing 12 charges following a lengthy Wood Buffalo RCMP investigation into an alleged investment fraud involving more than $160,000. RCMP say the investigation began ...

FORT McMURRAY - A mobile men's health clinic is coming to Fort McMurray 468 First Nation in September, offering free prostate cancer screening and other health checks. The MAN VAN will be at the FMFN ...

FORT MCMURRAY - An illegal abandoned campfire caused last week's wildland fire in a wooded area behind McKinley Crescent, according to a Regional Emergency Services investigation. Fire crews responded...

FORT McMURRAY - An Edmonton man is facing a drug trafficking charge after a traffic stop in downtown Fort McMurray led to the seizure of suspected cocaine and cash. Wood Buffalo RCMP say members of th...

EDMONTON - Friends of Medicare are calling for Alberta to expand evidence-based addictions care and harm reduction services as International Overdose Awareness Day is marked across the province Monday...