Category Archives: Breaking News

Southbound Fort Chipewyan Winter Road to close temporarily for wide load
FORT McMURRAY - Southbound travel on the Fort Chipewyan Winter Road will be temporarily closed early Friday as another wide load carrying modular homes moves north, the Regional Municipality of Wood B...
Jon Tupper Feb 24, 2026

Cases rise in Edmonton as Alberta struggles to shake measles outbreak
EDMONTON - Alberta can't seem to shake a continuing measles outbreak, with health officials reporting new cases in the Edmonton area and a standing exposure advisory now expanded to include Parkland C...
Jon Tupper Feb 24, 2026 milastokerpro / Depositphotos.com

Alberta sees tourism surge with record spending and rising international visits
EDMONTON - Alberta says tourism spending reached a record level in 2025, with provincial officials pointing to growing international interest and expanded travel access as key drivers behind continued...
Jon Tupper Feb 24, 2026 Aerial photo of lower townsite, Fort McMurray. Image via rmwb.ca

Oil prices hold near six month highs as markets weigh US Iran tensions
CALGARY - Oil prices are hovering near six-month highs as markets weigh geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, evolving U.S.-Iran talks and shifting forecasts from major financial analysts. Brent c...
Jon Tupper Feb 24, 2026

Alberta privacy watchdog joins global warning on AI generated imagery
EDMONTON - Alberta's information and privacy watchdog has joined dozens of regulators worldwide in issuing a joint warning about the risks posed by artificial intelligence systems capable of generatin...
Jon Tupper Feb 24, 2026 scanrail / Depositphotos.com

Four years later, Russia's invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of ending
FORT MCMURRAY - Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war many expected to be short has hardened into a grinding conflict of attrition marked by staggering human loss,...
Jon Tupper Feb 24, 2026 TomasRagina / Depositphotos.com

Brother of Tumbler Ridge shooter arrested on Canada-wide warrant tied to Fort McMurray case
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A 22-year-old man identified by police as the older brother of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter has been arrested in Alberta on a Canada-wide warrant tied to an attempted murder in...
Jon Tupper Feb 23, 2026

Wood Buffalo RCMP still searching for suspect after sword related road rage incident
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP are still looking for a man accused of wielding a sword during a road rage incident earlier this week in Fort McMurray. Police say officers were called around ...
Jon Tupper Feb 23, 2026

Headline: NASA moves closer to Artemis II launch as key rehearsal begins in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is moving closer to setting a launch date for Artemis II as teams carry out a key countdown rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the mission's planned flight around t...
Jon Tupper Feb 23, 2026 Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency

Alberta reports record progress in restoring caribou habitat
EDMONTON - Alberta says it is restoring caribou habitat at a record pace as the province expands efforts to repair legacy industrial disturbances and support recovery of the threatened species. The pr...
Jon Tupper Feb 23, 2026 Dean Biggins (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons








