Category Archives: Breaking News
Suncor donates 116 sensory-friendly backpacks to Autism Society of Wood Buffalo
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...
Sep 02, 2026 Suncor's Fort McMurray Team prepares backpacks for neurodivergent children.
Alberta invests $20M in emissions projects, including bitumen pipeline technology
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...
Sep 02, 2026 cmglee, Meclee, Flappiefh, Lokal_Profil et al., CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Fort McMurray bears enter peak feeding season ahead of hibernation
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...
Sep 02, 2026 Black bear on Timberline Drive -Jon Tupper
Airdrie man charged in $160,000 Fort McMurray fraud investigation
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 ...
Sep 01, 2026
Free men's health screening coming to Fort McMurray 468 First Nation
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 ...
Sep 01, 2026 Prostate Cancer Canada's "Man Van", web image
Fire investigators trace Fort McMurray's McKinley Crescent wildfire to illegal campfire
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...
Sep 01, 2026 McKinley Crescent Wildfire, RMWB supplied image.
Traffic stop leads to cocaine seizure, trafficking charge in Fort McMurray
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...
Sep 01, 2026
Friends of Medicare calls for expanded harm reduction
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...
Sep 01, 2026 joaquincorbalan / Depositphotos.com
Fort McMurray Hunters, conservationists can show their support with new Alberta licence plate
EDMONTON - Hunters and conservationists have a new way to display their support for Alberta's wildlife and wild spaces with the launch of the province's first conservation-focused specialty licence pl...
Sep 01, 2026 Alberta Conservation Support plate, supplied image
Canadian tariffs on U.S. goods set to take effect next week.
OTTAWA - Canada is just one week away from imposing a series of tariffs on American goods as its response to the trade war with the United States enters another phase. The federal government says the ...
Sep 01, 2026 By Prime Minister of Canada - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd3MmNeewd4 – View/save archived versions on archive.org, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=185956573
