Category Archives: Breaking News
Fort McMurray agencies share in $6 million for violence prevention
FORT McMURRAY - The Hub Family Resource Centre and Waypoints Community Services Association are receiving new provincial support as Alberta rolls out nearly $6 million for programs that aim to prevent...
Nov 27, 2025 https://www.waypointswb.ca/
Poor conditions blamed in fatal Highway 63 semi crash
BOYLE - RCMP say one person is dead and another is in hospital after three semi trucks crashed on Highway 63 near Range Road 173. Police responded around 7:24 p.m. on Nov. 25 and arrived to find one o...
Nov 26, 2025
Parkland RCMP release photos of suspect vehicles in stolen wheelchair trailer case
PARKLAND COUNTY, AB. - Parkland RCMP have released images of two suspect vehicles as they search for a stolen trailer carrying 15 youth sport wheelchairs belonging to the Northern Lights Wheelchair Ba...
Nov 26, 2025 Suspect vehicle two in wheelchair athletics heist. Supplied image
Pot of gold: provinces rake in most of Canada's cannabis taxes
OTTAWA - A newly tabled report shows the federal and provincial governments have collected more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since legalization in October 2018. Figures submitted to the H...
Nov 26, 2025 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
Alberta faces surge of recall bids as 14 UCP MLAs targeted in growing backlash over teachers strike and government actions
EDMONTON - The number of Alberta MLAs facing recall petitions has risen to 14 after Elections Alberta approved five more applications this week, adding to a growing wave of voter-led challenges to Pre...
Nov 26, 2025 Alberta Legislature in session, image via https://www.assembly.ab.ca
Fraser Institute reports government jobs making up 30 per cent of Canada's employment growth
VANCOUVER - Canada added 950,000 government sector jobs between 2015 and 2024, accounting for about 30 per cent of the country's total employment growth over that period, according to a new study from...
Nov 26, 2025 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
RCMP hunt for stolen trailer carrying youth sport wheelchairs
PARKLAND COUNTY, Alta. - Parkland RCMP are asking for the public's help after a trailer loaded with sport wheelchairs was stolen from a high school in the Stony Plain area. Police say the theft was re...
Nov 26, 2025 By Pierre-Selim - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18644744
Alberta expands affordable housing program as population surge drives demand
EDMONTON - Alberta and the federal government are committing $200 million to build thousands of new affordable homes across the province as Alberta remains the fastest growing province in Canada and c...
Nov 26, 2025 Timber frame house under construction. Wikimedia Commons. CC License. Photo by L Maule
Holiday display nominations open across Wood Buffalo
FORT McMURRAY - Residents across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo can now nominate their favourite holiday light displays as the annual Nominate Your Neighbour program returns for the season....
Nov 26, 2025 RMWB Communities in Bloom, winter lights. RMWB Web Image
Bill proposes dual practice model and drug coverage changes as Opposition raises concerns
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a sweeping health bill that proposes major changes to drug coverage, physician rules, food safety and health card requirements, while Opposition critics argue the leg...
Nov 26, 2025 jewhyte / Depositphotos.com
