Category Archives: Breaking News
Veteran councilors step aside as Wood Buffalo election nears
FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - Several familiar names will be absent from the ballot when voters in Wood Buffalo head to the polls Oct. 20. Ward 1 councillor Keith McGrath, first elected in 2010 and serving thr...
Sep 26, 2025 RMWB Council Photo
Locally made children's program SmART Kids launches Sunday in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - A new children's program created and filmed in Fort McMurray will make its debut this weekend at the Oil Sands Discovery Centre. SmART Kids, the brainchild of local creator Renee ...
Sep 26, 2025 SmART Kids, promotional image
UCP accused of planning higher prescription drug costs after leaked cabinet document
CALGARY - Alberta's Opposition is accusing Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government of secretly planning to increase prescription drug costs for seniors and other Albertans. The NDP rel...
Sep 26, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
Breaking: Canada Post workers launch nationwide strike over home delivery cuts
OTTAWA - Canada Post employees have walked off the job in a nationwide strike after the federal government approved plans for the corporation to phase out door-to-door mail delivery. The Canadian Unio...
Sep 25, 2025 ValeStock / Depositphotos.com
Keyano College highlights impact of $715,000 in financial support for learners
Keyano College distributes more than $715,000 in student awards FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Keyano College says it handed out more than $715,000 in student awards last year, helping hundreds of learners co...
Sep 25, 2025 Nursing student Morgan Gros, supplied photo
Local School Divisions await vote by Teacher's Union.
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Both Fort McMurray school divisions say they are awaiting the results of a ratification vote on a tentative contract reached between the Alberta Government and the Teachers' Emplo...
Sep 25, 2025 serezniy / Depositphotos.com
Alberta moves to stabilize auto insurance with cap, new system in 2027
EDMONTON - Alberta drivers with clean records will continue to see their insurance rates capped as the provincial government extends its good-driver rate program through 2026. Finance Minister Nate Ho...
Sep 25, 2025 kalinovsky / Depositphotos.com
Wood Buffalo RCMP seek help finding missing Fort McMurray man
Update, September 25, 9:00 a.m.: Alberta RCMP have reported through their official social media page that Anthony Simms has been located safe. RCMP are thanking the public for helping locate Simms. FO...
Sep 24, 2025 Anthony Simms Missing, RCMP Poster
Teachers to vote on tentative contract in the coming days
FORT MCMURRAY--The provincial government has announced a tentative deal with 51 thousand teachers in Alberta. The deal has to be ratified first, and the Alberta Teachers Association is working on sett...
Sep 24, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
RMWB releases official candidate list for Oct. 20 election
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has released the official list of candidates for the upcoming municipal and school trustee elections. Voters will head to the polls on Oc...
Sep 24, 2025 redwall / Depositphotos.com
