Category Archives: Breaking News
Citizen petition targets end to public funding for Alberta private schools
EDMONTON - Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer has approved a citizen initiative petition calling for an end to public funding of private schools, a move that could shake up the province's education sys...
Oct 08, 2025 heiko119 / Depositphotos.com
School zone speed limits lifted temporarily amid teachers' strike
FORT MCMURRAY - With schools in both the Fort McMurray Public and Catholic divisions closed to students due to the ongoing teachers' strike, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says school zone ...
Oct 08, 2025 RMWB School Zone, supplied image
Support staff union urges province to reach deal with striking teachers
FORT MCMURRAY - The Canadian Union of Public Employees is backing the Alberta Teachers' Association in its ongoing labour dispute with the Alberta government. Lou Arab, speaking on behalf of CUPE and ...
Oct 08, 2025 CUPE Web logo
ALERT arrests seven in provincewide child exploitation probe
CALGARY - Seven men from Calgary, Lethbridge and Red Deer have been charged after an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams investigation into online child sexual exploitation. Operation ICE Storm, la...
Oct 08, 2025 ALERT Logo
Wood Buffalo RCMP investigate hit and run that injured three
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking the public for help identifying a vehicle involved in a hit and run that happened in downtown Fort McMurray in late July. Police say that around 9:5...
Oct 07, 2025 Suspect vehicle in Hit and Run, RCMP supplied photo
RCMP release suspect description after Fas Gas robbery on Franklin Avenue
FORT MCMURRAY- Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect after an early morning armed robbery at a downtown gas station. Police say the incident happened around 5:20 a.m...
Oct 07, 2025 Fas Gas Robbery Suspect, RCMP Supplied Image
Carney ends spring budgets, pledges clearer accounting of federal investments
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is ending the long-standing tradition of spring federal budgets, with the government announcing Monday that the country's annual spending plan will now be presented...
Oct 07, 2025 Mark Carney at a Policy Exchange summer party, August 2015
YMCA expands childcare and day camps as Alberta teachers strike begins
FORT McMURRAY - The YMCA of Northern Alberta is expanding its child care and day camp programs to support families affected by the provincewide teachers' strike. The charity, one of Alberta's largest ...
Oct 07, 2025 YMCA Wood Buffalo Web image
Premier Smith visits eastern Canada to strengthen national economic partnerships
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto this week to promote collaboration and advance projects aimed at strengthening industries across Canada. While in Montreal,...
Oct 07, 2025
Support Services Wood Buffalo to close Dec. 31 after more than two decades of service
FORT McMURRAY - Fort McMurray's Support Services Wood Buffalo will close Dec. 31, 2025, ending more than two decades of work with vulnerable residents across the region. Founded in 2002 as the Support...
Oct 07, 2025 Support Services Wood Buffalo
