Category Archives: Breaking News

Fire Safety at Your Door
Residents in the Westview and Tundra areas of Thickwood, expect a knock on your door this spring and summer as Fire Prevention teams are launching a renewed Home Fire Safety Program. The Regional Muni...
Jordan Keating May 22, 2025

Canada Day Parade Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for floats and walking groups in this year's Canada Day Parade. The parade rolls out at 10:30 a.m. on July 1st, traveling down Franklin Avenue from Main Street to Riedel Stree...
Jordan Keating May 22, 2025 Picture from rmwb.ca

Police Ask For Public's Help to Find Suspect
Police are hoping you can help find the suspect in a robbery at the Back Alley Liquor Store on Franklin Avenue. On April 20th police say a man tried to leave the store with several bottles of liquor. ...
Harvard Media News May 21, 2025 An image of a suspect in a robbery at the Back Alley Liquor Store on Franklin Avenue April 20th. If you know this person, you are asked to contact the Wood-Buffalo RCMP or Crimestoppers. Photo provided by the RCMP.

Abasand Oil Sands Fire
Fort McMurray firefighters responded to an illegal fire in Abasand on Sunday night. Just after 10 p.m., a pumper team arrived at the site of a former oil sands plant and found a large garbage fire ins...
Jordan Keating May 21, 2025

Fort McMurray Oil Barons
Drama off the ice for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons: their Annual General Meeting, slated for June 2nd, has been cancelled until further notice. That AGM was set to elect a new board of directors and t...
Jordan Keating May 21, 2025 SergeyNivens / Depositphotos.com

Preparing for Wildfire Season
Some rain over the last couple of days helped take the edge off, but wildfire danger is still sitting at Very High for Fort McMurray and High for the Lac La Biche Forest area. The good news? No new wi...
Jordan Keating May 21, 2025

Chamber of Commerce AGM
This evening the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce is hosting its Annual General Meeting. It's an important night for local business leaders to reflect on 2024, elect new Board Directors, and hear fro...
Jordan Keating May 21, 2025

First-Degree Murder Charge Laid in Fatal Fort McMurray Shooting
A 26-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to a deadly shooting in Fort McMurray earlier this year. On the afternoon of February 7, Wood Buffalo RCMP were called to the ...
Jordan Keating May 20, 2025

Postal Workers Issue Strike Notice; Service Disruption Expected Friday
Canada Post workers are preparing to walk off the job this Friday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has issued strike notice, with around 55,000 employees - including urban and rural mail carriers...
Jordan Keating May 20, 2025 ValeStock / Depositphotos.com

Alberta Regulator Shuts Down Sunshine Oilsands
Sunshine Oilsands has been ordered to shut down and abandon all operations in northern Alberta. The Alberta Energy Regulator says the company repeatedly violated safety rules, with cracked pipelines, ...
Jordan Keating May 20, 2025 lagereek / Depositphotos.com








