Category Archives: Breaking News
Alberta government says teachers could be legislated back to work as strike continues
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it is considering legislative action to end the provincewide teachers' strike after the Alberta Teachers' Association rejected a proposal to return to classrooms u...
Oct 19, 2025 wangsong / Depositphotos.com
Serious Collision Shuts Down Highway 63 Near Mildred Lake
(Fort McMurray, AB) - Highway 63 was closed in both directions this morning following a serious collision between a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle. Just after 5 a.m., Syncrude Emergency Services, ...
Oct 17, 2025 Road Closed Sign, image via rmwb.ca
Ottawa to hire 1,000 new RCMP and strengthen bail laws
Ottawa - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's new government will take strong action to keep communities safe with new laws, major investments in policing, and coordinated work with provinces and ...
Oct 17, 2025 Mark Carney at a Policy Exchange summer party, August 2015
Wood Buffalo residents reminded to bring ID on Election Day
Fort McMurray, AB - Residents across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo will head to the polls on Monday, Oct. 20, to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees. Voting stations will be ope...
Oct 17, 2025 redwall / Depositphotos.com
Smith directs ministers to focus on affordability, smart spending amid the ongoing teachers' strike.
Edmonton - Premier Danielle Smith has issued new mandate letters to four key ministers with a focus on affordability, fiscal discipline and government efficiency. The move comes as Alberta's Ministry ...
Oct 17, 2025 Nate Horner delivering Budget 2025.
Nenshi speaks with Harvard Media News about Alberta's energy future, the teachers strike, and other key issues - hear the full audio online
Fort McMurray - Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Alberta should stop "playing the victim card" and take the lead on energy, innovation, and the economy. In an exclusive interview with Jon Tupper ...
Oct 16, 2025 Naheed Neshi visits Harvard Media News for exclusive interview
New CASA House to offer day and live-in mental health treatment for teens in Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray - CASA Mental Health is preparing to build a new youth mental health treatment facility in Fort McMurray that will serve up to 80 young people and their families each year. The non-profi...
Oct 16, 2025 CASA Youth Mental Health, web image
RCMP remove 106 impaired drivers in province-wide Thanksgiving enforcement
EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP issued nearly two thousand tickets over the Thanksgiving long weekend as part of a nationwide traffic safety campaign. During Operation Impact 2025, officers handed out 1,918 t...
Oct 16, 2025 RCMP Truck, image by Jon Tupper
Indigenous leaders to rally in Fort McMurray against tailings release plan
FORT McMURRAY, AB - Indigenous leaders and environmental groups are planning to gather in Fort McMurray on Friday to protest Alberta's proposal to allow treated oil sands tailings water to be released...
Oct 16, 2025 Chief Tuccaro, Facebook image
Talks stall as Alberta considers back-to-work legislation for teachers
EDMONTON- The wage dispute between the Alberta government and the Alberta Teachers' Association has reached an impasse, with no new bargaining dates scheduled and indications that back-to-work legisla...
Oct 16, 2025 ATA Logo, web image
