Category Archives: Breaking News
Alberta funds energy innovation projects across province
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is investing $28 million in new energy technologies aimed at boosting production while reducing environmental impacts. The funding, delivered through the industry-funde...
Feb 13, 2026 kodda / Depositphotos.com
ALERT charges Bonnyville baseball coach following ICE investigation
EDMONTON - A minor league baseball coach from Bonnyville, Alta., is facing multiple charges following an Internet Child Exploitation investigation, Alberta law enforcement officials say. Michel "Mitch...
Feb 13, 2026 ALERT Logo
Finance minister signals spending discipline before Feb. 26 budget
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister is warning of tough choices ahead as the province prepares to table Budget 2026 in what he describes as a more difficult fiscal environment. Nate Horner, Presiden...
Feb 13, 2026 jewhyte / Depositphotos.com
Wood Buffalo RCMP charge 18-year-old after firearm scare at Fort McMurray high school
FORT McMURRAY - An 18-year-old man has been charged after a firearm-related call at Frank Spragins High School prompted a police response and subsequent search warrant in the northern Alberta communit...
Feb 12, 2026 Frank Spragins High School, Facebook image
Wide load to close southbound Fort Chipewyan Winter Road Friday morning
FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says the Fort Chipewyan Winter Road will see traffic disruptions Friday morning due to a wide load moving north. Municipal officials say two m...
Feb 12, 2026
Canada's boreal forest shifting north, boosting carbon storage potential
OTTAWA - Canada's boreal forest is expanding northward as the climate warms, according to new satellite analysis spanning more than three decades. The study, published in the journal Biogeosciences, e...
Feb 12, 2026 Lake surrounded by forest. Image by Jon Tupper
MP Laila Goodridge gathering notes of remembrance for B.C. school community
OTTAWA - Laila Goodridge says her office is collecting notes of remembrance, well wishes and condolences to send to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School following last week's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge....
Feb 12, 2026
Alberta invests in programs encouraging girls to explore science and trades
EDMONTON - Alberta ministers are marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting investments aimed at encouraging more women to pursue careers in science, technology, engin...
Feb 12, 2026 stetsik / Depositphotos.com
Council unanimously backs landmark names for Jane Stroud and Michael Cardinal
FORT McMURRAY - Prominent residents of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are being honoured with their names attached to regional landmarks following unanimous votes at a council meeting. The ...
Feb 12, 2026 February 10, RMWB Council Meeting
Wood Buffalo Community Foundation launches $1 million Indigenous legacy challenge
FORT McMURRAY - The Wood Buffalo Community Foundation will hold its second annual Building Legacy, Building Community event next month to honour two Mtis leaders whose work helped shape the region, wh...
Feb 12, 2026 Wood Buffalo Community Foundation , Web Logo
