Category Archives: Breaking News

FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is looking for residents to serve on two council-appointed committees focused on animal welfare and community investment. Applications are ope...

FORT McKAY - Fort McKay First Nation Chief Raymond Powder is calling for an overhaul of federal funding for Indigenous community safety, prevention and healing programs. Resolution 17, brought forward...

EDMONTON - Friends of Medicare is accusing the Alberta government of taking another step toward two-tier health care after regulatory changes reclassified preventive health testing services as non-ins...

EDMONTON - Albertans will soon be able to pay for diagnostic screening without a referral as the province introduces a new preventative testing program aimed at providing more options for early cancer...

FORT McMURRAY - A Fort McMurray man is facing multiple charges after RCMP investigated the theft of nearly 1,000 litres of diesel fuel from commercial properties in the area. Wood Buffalo RCMP say off...

EDMONTON - Crime severity across Alberta RCMP jurisdictions fell more than 10 per cent last year, bringing the measure to its lowest level in more than a decade. Statistics Canada's police-reported cr...

EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has verified enough signatures to declare a citizen initiative petition seeking a referendum on Alberta independence successful. The milestone clears the petition's signat...

FORT McMURRAY - Another Fort McMurray resident is celebrating a major lottery win, the second big prize claimed locally in just two weeks. Jacqueline Smith won $250,000 on EXTRA in the June 13 draw af...

FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP are investigating after three municipal bus shelters were heavily damaged in Eagle Ridge and Timberlea. Police say Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Transit repor...

FORT McMURRAY - The wildfire danger has fallen to moderate in the Fort McMurray Forest Area, while conditions are rated low to moderate around Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Chipewyan. Alberta Wildfire says...