Category Archives: Breaking News
Fort McMurray-Cold Lake MP Goodridge presses food costs as Carney boosts GST credit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney appears to be responding to pressure from Canadians and members of Parliament as the House of Commons resumes sitting, with food affordability emerging as an early ...
Jan 27, 2026 Laila Goodridge, House of Commons 2025. File Photo
Indigenous leaders to gather in central Alberta to examine oilsands tailings impacts
ENOCH CREE NATION- Indigenous leaders, legal experts, scientists and youth advocates from across Canada will gather in Alberta this spring for a national conference examining the impacts of oilsands t...
Jan 26, 2026 By NASA Earth Observatory - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40997, Public Domain
Fort McMurray ranks among Canada's most affordable rental markets as Alberta housing starts hit record
EDMONTON - Alberta set new housing construction records in 2025, surpassing 50,000 housing starts in a single year for the first time as the province led the country in per-capita building for a secon...
Jan 26, 2026 Timber frame house under construction. Wikimedia Commons. CC License. Photo by L Maule
Jean says Highway 63 twinning will improve safety and oilsands access
FORT MCMURRAY - Alberta's minister of energy took to social media this week to highlight the province's ongoing work to further twin Highway 63, pointing to safety and access improvements tied to a ne...
Jan 26, 2026 Brian Jean, Minister of Energy and Minerals -Instagram Photo
Fort McMurray invests $7M in downtown renewal projects since 2020
FORT MCMURRAY - Grant funding aimed at revitalizing downtown Fort McMurray has reached a $7 million investment milestone, with more funding still available for businesses and property owners planning ...
Jan 26, 2026 jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Snow removal continues as RMWB activates Subzones 1 and 2
FORT MCMURRAY - Winter snow removal operations will continue across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo as crews activate additional maintenance subzones and expand work into high-traffic areas ...
Jan 25, 2026 Winter Maintenance Zones, RMWB image
Charges laid in historic Samson Cree Nation homicide
MASKWACIS, Alta., Alberta RCMP have laid charges in a homicide that dates back nearly two decades on the Samson Cree Nation, following what police describe as a community-driven breakthrough in the lo...
Jan 25, 2026
Fort McMurray Men Charged After Armed Kidnapping in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
RCMP in Yorkton, Sask. have charged two Fort McMurray men after a reported kidnapping involving a firearm in the city earlier this week. Police say officers were called to Fourth Avenue North on Janua...
Jan 23, 2026
Worker dies at Suncor's Fort Hills site
A worker has died following an incident at Suncor's Fort Hills site near Fort McMurray, according to Alberta's Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration department. Officials say the worker was operating h...
Jan 22, 2026
Fort Chipewyan RCMP Charge 40-Year-Old After Off-Highway Vehicle Incident
Fort Chipewyan RCMP have charged a 40-year-old man from Fort Chipewyan following an early morning incident involving an off-highway vehicle. Police say that around 2:48 a.m. on January 11, 2026, offic...
Jan 16, 2026 Wood Buffalo RCMP
