Category Archives: Breaking News
Alberta NDP calls on UCP government to settle historic teachers' strike
EDMONTON- The Alberta NDP is calling on the provincial government to bring an end to what has become the largest teachers' strike in Alberta's history. About 51,000 teachers are off the job, and more ...
Oct 14, 2025 Amanda Chapman speaking in the AB Legislature, image via assembly.ab.ca
Development opportunity open in downtown Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, AB - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has opened a Request for Proposals for a 0.54-acre parcel of land in the heart of downtown Fort McMurray. The property sits at the corner ...
Oct 14, 2025 jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Alberta government updates financial and education supports amid labour disruption
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is rolling out new financial and learning supports for families affected by the ongoing teachers' strike, aiming to ease pressures on parents and help students mainta...
Oct 13, 2025 Alberta Legislature in session, image via https://www.assembly.ab.ca
Alberta leads national job growth with 42,500 new positions
Canada added 60,000 jobs in September, far exceeding expectations of a 5,000 gain, with manufacturing leading the increase. Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 per cent. Fu...
Oct 13, 2025 Workers at Suncor Mine. Image via Suncor.com
Local artists shine in world premiere of Rendering Visions
FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - A locally produced documentary celebrating Fort McMurray's vibrant arts community is set to make its world premiere next month. Rendering Visions will debut on November 6 at 7:30 ...
Oct 13, 2025 Rendering Visions World Premier
Strathcona Resources ends takeover bid for MEG Energy after Cenovus deal revised
CALGARY - Strathcona Resources Ltd. has ended its bid to take over MEG Energy Corp., saying a revised deal between MEG and Cenovus Energy Inc. makes its own offer impossible to complete. The Calgary-b...
Oct 13, 2025 Cenovus Christina Lake, Web Image
School closures hit poorest Alberta families hardest, says professor
EDMONTON- As the Alberta teachers' strike stretches on, education experts warn the deepest scars will be felt far from the picket lines, in the homes of families already struggling to make ends meet. ...
Oct 13, 2025 University of Alberta faculty of Education. Image via www.ualberta.ca
RCMP search for missing 15-year-old in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for help to find a missing 15-year-old, Iycis Herman, who also goes by t he name Ace. Police say Iycis was last seen in Fort McMurray on Oct. 9. Iyc...
Oct 13, 2025 RCMP Missing Persons Poster: Iycis Herman
Early Morning Fire Damages Timberlea Home
An early morning fire in Timberlea has left one home a total loss. Fort McMurray firefighters were called to Fireweed Crescent shortly before 5:45 a.m. after reports of smoke coming from a garage. Cre...
Oct 10, 2025
New report links federal overreach to rising regional tensions in Canada
A new study from the Fraser Institute says Canada's federation functions best when the federal and provincial governments stay within their constitutional boundaries. The report, Stay-in-Your-Lane Fed...
Oct 09, 2025 The Fraser Institute, web image
