Category Archives: Breaking News
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
Canada Post strike delays municipal mail delivery in Wood Buffalo
FORT McMURRAY - The Canada Post strike is disrupting mail delivery across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, delaying utility bills, property tax reminders, ambulance invoices and other munici...
Oct 07, 2025 ValeStock / Depositphotos.com
Nominations now open for Council's Excellence Awards in Wood Buffalo
FORT McMURRAY - Nominations are now open for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's Council's Excellence Awards, which celebrate residents and groups making a positive difference in the region. T...
Oct 07, 2025 Council excellence awards
Alberta government serves teachers with lockout notice amid historic provincewide strike
EDMONTON - Alberta's bargaining committee has issued a lockout notice to 51,000 striking teachers, marking the latest escalation in a historic labour dispute that has closed schools across the provinc...
Oct 06, 2025 jekershner7 / Depositphotos.com
RCMP search for missing Conklin man last seen hitchhiking on Highway 881
Update Oct 10th 2025 - Wood Buffalo RCMP would like to report that Randy Bennett has been located safe. FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Police are asking for the public's help to find a missing man from...
Oct 06, 2025 Missing Poster Randy Bennett
Fire Prevention Week focuses on lithium-ion battery safety as incidents rise across Canada
FORT McMURRAY - Fire Prevention Week is underway, and this year's campaign is shining a spotlight on the dangers of lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from phones and e-bikes to power tools...
Oct 06, 2025
Alberta teachers begin strike as parents brace for disruptions
Alberta parents brace for uncertainty as 51,000 teachers strike FORT McMURRAY - Fifty-one thousand public-education teachers across Alberta hit the picket lines today, closing schools in both the Fort...
Oct 06, 2025 Schools closed due to strike beginning October 6, 2025
Wood Buffalo RCMP ask for help locating man last seen Sept. 24
FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - Wood Buffalo RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. Police say 60-year-old Ivan White of Fort McMurray was last seen at The Centre of Hope on Sept. 24, 20...
Oct 05, 2025 Missing Person, Ivan Whte. RCMP Poster
Keyano College invites future students to fall open house despite the ongoing teacher strike
FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - While many high school students are off due to the ongoing teachers' strike, Keyano College is moving full steam ahead with preparations for a new academic year and a new class of...
Oct 05, 2025
Fort McMurray mayoral candidates debate business issues at Chamber forum
FORT McMURRAY - The Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce mayoralty forum is now available online following a debate between incumbent Mayor Sandy Bowman and challenger Zulkifl Mujahid that focused largel...
Oct 05, 2025 October 1, 2025 Mayoral Debate
