Category Archives: Breaking News
RCMP drone helps locate wanted man in downtown Fort McMurray
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP used one of their new drones to help arrest a man wanted on a Canada-wide parole warrant after he ran into a wooded area in the city's downtown. The detachment recent...
Nov 13, 2025 RCMP Cruiser with drones. Supplied image
No new pipelines in latest tranche of Carney's nation-building projects
TERRACE, B.C. - Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the latest wave of nation-building projects under Budget 2025, but the package excludes any new pipelines or oil and gas developments in Alberta...
Nov 13, 2025 PM Mark Carney speaks in Terrace BC
Alberta health union presses for better deal as mediation with AHS continues
EDMONTON - Formal mediation resumes this week between the Health Sciences Association of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, with the union citing rising public support and evidence of a severe staff...
Nov 13, 2025 jewhyte / Depositphotos.com
Good Shepherd turns 50 with assembly, lunch and returning staff
FORT McMURRAY - Good Shepherd Catholic School is marking a major milestone next week as staff, students and alumni gather to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. The Beacon Hill elementary school ...
Nov 13, 2025 Good Shepherd School, FMCSD Web Image
Canada unveils new sanctions on Russia's drone and energy sectors
NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, Ont. Canada has issued a new round of sanctions aimed at Russia's drone program, cyber operations and energy revenues as G7 foreign ministers gather in the Niagara region. Foreign...
Nov 13, 2025 alf255255255 / Depositphotos.com
Holiday spirit on the menu with free luncheon for Elders and seniors Dec. 4
FORT MCMURRAY- Elders and residents aged 65 and older are invited to share in food and festive cheer at the annual Council's Holiday Luncheon on Dec. 4 at SMS Equipment Place in MacDonald Island Park....
Nov 13, 2025
Alberta teachers' court challenge set for Nov. 20
EDMONTON - The first court date in Alberta's constitutional battle over the law that ended last month's teachers strike is scheduled for Nov. 20 in Edmonton Court of King's Bench. The Alberta Teachers...
Nov 13, 2025 Provincial Court building, Edmonton. Wikimedia commons. CC License. Image by Verne Equinox
Northern lights blaze across North America as powerful solar storm continues
FORT McMURRAY - A massive solar storm, called a coronal mass ejection, has lit up skies across Canada and pushed the northern lights deep into the southern United States in one of the strongest geomag...
Nov 12, 2025
Alberta hits the gas on plan to raise highway speed limits
EDMONTON - Albertans are being asked whether they support higher speed limits on rural highways as the provincial government considers raising maximum speeds on some divided routes from 110 to 120 kil...
Nov 12, 2025 vladvitek / Depositphotos.com
Carney set to announce major projects as Ottawa hints new focus on energy
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will unveil its next round of "nation-building" projects later this week, as Ottawa looks to accelerate economic growth and rebuild inve...
Nov 12, 2025 15/06/2025. Ottawa, Canada. Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for a bilateral meeting in Parliament Hill ahead of the G7 Summit in Canada. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
