Category Archives: Breaking News
Deadline nears for Council's Excellence Awards nominations
FORT MCMURRAY - Nominations for Council's Excellence Awards close on Dec. 3, 2025, and the municipality is urging residents to recognize people making a difference in Wood Buffalo. The annual awards h...
Nov 04, 2025 Council excellence awards
No end in sight for Fort Chipewyan boil water advisory
Boil water advisory remains in place for Fort Chipewyan FORT CHIPEWYAN - A boil water advisory remains in effect for Fort Chipewyan, with no word yet on when it will be lifted. Alberta Health Services...
Nov 04, 2025 magone / Depositphotos.com
Slow-moving mega load presses on along Highway 63 toward Fort McMurray
Massive industrial load continues its journey, expected to arrive in Fort McMurray early Saturday EDMONTON - A massive industrial load is travelling north to Fort McMurray this week, with officials wa...
Nov 04, 2025 Massive load heading to Fort McMurray Nov 1-6
Two child pornography investigations lead to RCMP search warrants in Wood Buffalo
Editor's note: This story contains details about child sexual exploitation that may be disturbing or triggering to some readers. Discretion is advised. RCMP execute two search warrants in Fort McMurra...
Nov 03, 2025
Fort McMurray Legion prepares for Remembrance Day as crowds expected to grow
Fort McMurray Legion gears up for Remembrance Day with large crowd expected FORT MCMURRAY - The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 165 is preparing for what members call its most significant day of the year...
Nov 03, 2025 Bumble-Dee / Depositphotos.com
Métis Government election results released across northern Alberta districts
Kelly Myers elected Fort McMurray Mtis District Captain as Otipemisiwak Government releases election results The Otipemisiwak Mtis Government has released results from its early fall district election...
Nov 03, 2025 Otipemisiwak Métis Government
ATA rules out work-to-rule as Alberta teachers settle back into class
Teachers to resume extracurriculars as union rejects work-to-rule after strike Alberta teachers will return to classrooms and resume full school activities - including extracurriculars - after their u...
Nov 03, 2025 ATA President Jason Schilling, ATA News Conference
Alberta and Ottawa launch $39M grant to boost worker skills and productivity
Alberta and Ottawa launch $39M grant to boost worker skills, productivity EDMONTON - Alberta and the federal government are partnering on a new $39-million program aimed at helping employers train wor...
Nov 02, 2025 Workers at Suncor Mine. Image via Suncor.com
Opposition says good-faith bargaining could have prevented teachers' strike
NDP says teachers' strike would never have happened under its leadership EDMONTON - As students return to class after Alberta's provincewide teachers' strike, the Opposition NDP says the disruption co...
Nov 02, 2025 By Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146285898
Wood Buffalo RCMP seek suspect after hit-and-run in Timberlea
Wood Buffalo Police investigate hit-and-run, search for damaged pickup Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for the public's help identifying a pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run in Fort McMurray's Timber...
Nov 02, 2025 RCMP vehicle, Wikimedia Commons, CC License
