Category Archives: Breaking News

Smith government outlines fall agenda to strengthen health care, education and economy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government's fall legislative session will focus on turning plans into action, emphasizing economic stability, resource development and stronger publ...
Jon Tupper Oct 24, 2025 jewhyte / Depositphotos.com

Toys"R"Us Canada reports data breach affecting customer information
TORONTO - Toys"R"Us Canada says it is investigating a cybersecurity breach that exposed customer information from part of its database. The company says the incident was discovered July 30 after a thi...
Jon Tupper Oct 24, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Canada to build first G7 small modular reactor project at Darlington nuclear site in Ontario
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a multibillion-dollar investment to advance nuclear energy development in Ontario, calling it a major step toward powering Canada's clean-ene...
Jon Tupper Oct 24, 2025 Mark Carney at a Policy Exchange summer party, August 2015

Comet Lemmon likely to reach peak brightness over northern Alberta skies this weekend
FORT McMURRAY- Stargazers across northern Alberta have a rare chance to glimpse Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon as it reaches peak brightness in the evening sky. Discovered earlier this year by the Mount Lemmo...
Jon Tupper Oct 24, 2025 Photo credit: Jonathan Tupper / Used with permission. © Jonathan Tupper. All rights reserved. Licensed to Harvard Media for one-time use only.

RCMP host third annual Elders' Luncheon to strengthen ties with Indigenous communities
FORT McMURRAY- The Alberta RCMP hosted its third annual Elders' Luncheon in the Wood Buffalo region, bringing together Elders from Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, Fort McKay First Nation and Mtis, For...
Jon Tupper Oct 24, 2025 RCMP Elders lunch 2025

Back-to-work legislation coming Monday as 750,000 Alberta students remain out of class
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will table back-to-work legislation on Monday to end the provincewide teachers' strike that has kept more than 750,000 students out of cla...
Jon Tupper Oct 24, 2025 Alberta Legislature in session, image via https://www.assembly.ab.ca

Recall petition targets Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides amid teachers' strike
EDMONTON- Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer has approved the province's first recall petition under the Recall Act, targeting Calgary-Bow MLA and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides as the provinc...
Jon Tupper Oct 23, 2025 Demetrios Nicolaides speaks at the October 17, 2025 media conference during teachers' strike

RCMP lay second murder charge in Fort McMurray case linked to Tower Road fire
FORT MCMURRAY- Alberta RCMP have charged a second person in connection with the 2023 killing of a Fort McMurray man whose body was discovered near Highway 63 on Parsons Access Road, shortly before a v...
Jon Tupper Oct 23, 2025 RCMP Officer, Summer 2025. File photo by Jon Tupper

Alberta Teachers' Association Prepares for Possible Back-to-Work Legislation
The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) says it's consulting with lawyers as it prepares for potential back-to-work legislation from the province. Premier Danielle Smith said last week that the union ...
Jordan Keating Oct 23, 2025 vyatka86@list.ru / Depositphotos.com

Prime Minister Mark Carney Sets Goal to Double Canada's Non-U.S. Exports Within a Decade
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a message to Canadians last night, outlining an ambitious goal to double Canada's non-U.S. exports over the next decade. Speaking to a crowd of students at the Uni...
Jordan Keating Oct 23, 2025 Mark Carney at a Policy Exchange summer party, August 2015








