Category Archives: Breaking News
Alberta leads Canada in job growth with 41,800 full-time positions added
EDMONTON - Alberta added tens of thousands of full-time jobs last month, leading the country in employment growth despite broader global economic uncertainty, the province's jobs minister said Friday....
Feb 09, 2026 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
One dead, several injured after Diversified bus rolls over on Highway 43 near Grande Prairie
GRANDE PRAIRIE - One person has died and several others were injured after a charter bus rolled over on Highway 43 west of Grande Prairie late Saturday night. RCMP say officers were called around 10:2...
Feb 08, 2026 Photo from Skilled Truckers Facebook Group
On street parking restrictions for Zones 1 & 2 as winter maintenance continues
FORT MCMURRAY - Winter snow removal operations will be active in maintenance subzones 1 and 2 next week, with on-street parking restrictions in effect across parts of the city. The Regional Municipali...
Feb 08, 2026 WMZ / Winter Maintenance Zone Sinage -Photo by Jon Tupper
Porter Pulls Pin on Planned Fort McMurray-Ottawa Flights
FORT MCMURRAY - Porter Airlines will not launch its previously announced non-stop service between Fort McMurray and Ottawa this spring after revising its network plans for the upcoming season. The For...
Feb 08, 2026 Porter Airlines, 132-seat Embraer. Supplied image
Alberta reaches collective agreement with 31,000 health care support workers
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says a new collective agreement has been reached between Alberta Health Services and tens of thousands of health care support workers, concluding major health sec...
Feb 08, 2026
RMWB Finalizes Plans With WinterPLAY Just Weeks Away
FORT McMURRAY - With just over two weeks to go, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is finalizing plans for WinterPLAY 2026, its annual winter festival, which runs Feb. 20 to 24 and features a m...
Feb 05, 2026
Suncor Board Declares March Dividend for Shareholders
CALGARY - Suncor Energy says its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share on its common shares. The dividend is payable March 25 to shareholders of record at the close o...
Feb 05, 2026 Suncor Energy Centre
Oil Prices Whipsaw as U.S.-Iran Tensions Drive Market Volatility
CALGARY - Oil prices have swung sharply this week as traders react to rapidly shifting tensions between the United States and Iran, pushing benchmark prices from the low $60 range to above $65 a barre...
Feb 05, 2026 By Anonymous - Specimen book of the Cleveland Type Founhdry (https://archive.org/details/cataloguebookofs00clevrich/page/306), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81679425
Persistent Low Income More Common Among Lone Parents, Immigrants and Less Educated: Study
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study says nine per cent of tax filers aged 15 and older experienced persistent low income between 2016 and 2022, remaining below the low-income measure after tax for ...
Feb 05, 2026 belchonock / Depositphotos.com
Canada Leads G7 in Food Inflation as Import Pressures Persist
OTTAWA - Food prices in Canada remain stubbornly high, driven largely by rising import costs and global pressures rather than domestic factors, according to new research from the Bank of Canada and re...
Feb 05, 2026
