Category Archives: Breaking News
Obesity prevention and treatment targeted in new Alberta healthcare partnership
EDMONTON - Primary Care Alberta and Obesity Canada are joining forces on efforts to improve obesity prevention and treatment through Alberta's primary healthcare system. The organizations have signed ...
Aug 27, 2026 VitalikRadko / Depositphotos.com
Oilsands maintenance could tighten crude supplies for U.S. refiners
CALGARY - Planned maintenance in Alberta's oil sands could reduce Canadian crude production by about 300,000 barrels per day in September, tightening supplies for U.S. refineries. The estimate comes f...
Aug 27, 2026 By jasonwoodhead23 - SYNCRUDE 2012, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71411574
RMWB to host Fallen Firefighter Memorial on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11
FORT McMURRAY - Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Regional Emergency Services will host their annual Fallen Firefighter Memor...
Aug 27, 2026 Fallen Firefighters Memorial, RMWB Facebook Image
Bylaw and RCMP officers to answer questions about e-scooters and OHVs
FORT McMURRAY - Residents with questions about electric scooters, electric bicycles and off-highway vehicles will have an opportunity to speak directly with local enforcement officers before the new s...
Aug 26, 2026 uzhursky / Depositphotos.com
RCMP operations centre working to add mental health clinicians
FORT McMURRAY - The RCMP's Real Time Operations Centre is working to add a mental health clinician to its team, expanding the support available to officers responding to mental health emergencies acro...
Aug 26, 2026 RCMP K-Div Real Time Operations Centre
Deep partial lunar eclipse to darken 93 per cent of moon over Fort McMurray
FORT McMURRAY - Skywatchers in Fort McMurray will have a chance to watch most of the moon darken to a faint reddish glow Thursday evening as a deep partial lunar eclipse crosses the night sky. The ecl...
Aug 26, 2026 vpardi / Depositphotos.com
Clearwater River Dene Nation sets up La Loche checkpoint amid uranium exploration growth
LA LOCHE, Sask. - The Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN) has activated a safety checkpoint on Highway 955 north of La Loche as uranium exploration activity continues to expand in the western Athabasc...
Aug 26, 2026 Winter trail from Fort McMurray, AB to La Loche, SK.
Back-to-school shopping underway as BBB offers tips to save and avoid scams
CALGARY - The Better Business Bureau is urging Alberta families to plan ahead, compare prices and be cautious when shopping online as students prepare to return to the classroom. The Better Business B...
Aug 26, 2026 PBT / Depositphotos.com
Fort McMurray wildfire danger remains high despite only one active fire
FORT McMURRAY - Only one wildfire remains active in the Fort McMurray Forest Area, although the wildfire danger across the region remains high. Alberta Wildfire says MWF-047 is approximately 0.1 hecta...
Aug 26, 2026
RCMP charge Fort McMurray man in Timberlea storage unit theft
FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - Wood Buffalo RCMP have charged a Fort McMurray man in connection with a theft from an apartment complex storage unit in Timberlea and are still trying to identify a second suspe...
Aug 25, 2026
