Category Archives: Breaking News
Wood Buffalo preparing for region-wide celebration of reading
FORT MCMURRAY - Wood Buffalo will celebrate reading, literacy and storytelling during its first Read Across Wood Buffalo Day on Sept. 25. The community-wide initiative is being held as part of Alberta...
Aug 31, 2026 Read across Wood Buffalo Day, supplied poster
Canadian economy grows by nearly 1 per cent in second quarter
OTTAWA - Canada's economy grew 0.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, driven by stronger exports, household spending and business investment. Statistics Canada says the increase in real gross dom...
Aug 30, 2026
Donations pour in after nearly 100 dogs rescued from Gregoire home
FORT McMURRAY - Donations are pouring in following the recent discovery of 97 dogs at a home in Gregoire. Residents and businesses have been rallying around the Fort McMurray SPCA since Bylaw Services...
Aug 30, 2026 Bylaw Animal Control at Gregoire residence. Nearly 100 dogs rescued.
RMWB moves to eliminate landfill fees for residential garbage
FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is moving to eliminate landfill disposal fees for residential garbage, although existing charges will remain in effect until council amends th...
Aug 28, 2026 Landfill Scale House, RMWB Web Image
New transit guides outline fall routes for Wood Buffalo students
FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has released its fall transit guides for high school and Keyano College students. The guides provide students and parents with school-specific...
Aug 28, 2026 RMWB.CA Transit Busses
RMWB explores potential dirt bike track in Anzac
ANZAC - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is gauging community interest in a potential dirt bike track in Anzac. The municipality says feedback from residents will help determine whether the p...
Aug 28, 2026 shkonst / Depositphotos.com
Nearly 100 dogs rescued from Gregoire home
FORT McMURRAY - Nearly 100 small-breed dogs have been rescued from a home in Gregoire following the execution of a search warrant. Bylaw Services says officers entered the home on Aug. 25 under a warr...
Aug 28, 2026 Bylaw services / RMWB Peace Officer, image via rmwb.ca
Nearly half of Alberta teachers surveyed report widespread AI use for homework
CALGARY - Nearly half of Alberta teachers surveyed believe more than half of their students use artificial intelligence to complete homework, according to a new Leger poll commissioned by the Fraser I...
Aug 28, 2026 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Canada now the world's largest legal cannabis market
OTTAWA - Canada is now the largest legal cannabis market in the world by monthly retail sales, with dispensaries outnumbering liquor stores in some communities as national sales climb to record levels...
Aug 28, 2026 By United States Fish and Wildlife Service - [1], specifically CASA1_LF.jpg. (If the links expire, the photo can be found by searching for "cannabis" at the GIMP photo archive.)The original file with a watermark is at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/sherburne/CASA1.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21916
Fort McMurray man charged after suspicious person report at skatepark
FORT McMURRAY - A 23-year-old Fort McMurray man has been charged with four counts of sexual interference following a report of a suspicious person near children at a skatepark in Parsons Creek. Wood B...
Aug 28, 2026 lzf / Depositphotos.com
