Category Archives: Breaking News
Provinces, territories form new forum to address mental health and addiction
Provincial and territorial ministers responsible for mental health, addiction and recovery have agreed to create a new forum aimed at advancing shared priorities and strengthening collaboration across...
Sep 24, 2025 pichsakul / Depositphotos.com
Edmonton teachers charged with child exploitation offences after ICE investigation
EDMONTON - Two Edmonton men, including a high school teacher and a music instructor, have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences following an investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement...
Sep 24, 2025
Conservative MP introduces McCann's Law to target offenders who hide victims' remains
OTTAWA -Conservative MP Dane Lloyd has tabled a private member's bill that would impose tougher consequences on offenders who refuse to disclose the location of a homicide victim's remains. Lloyd intr...
Sep 24, 2025 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
TikTok privacy investigation finds safeguards for children inadequate
OTTAWA - A joint investigation by Canada's privacy watchdog and three provincial counterparts has found TikTok failed to adequately protect children's personal information, raising concerns about how ...
Sep 24, 2025 mhensv / Depositphotos.com
Extreme fire danger declared in Fort McMurray as big game season begins
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - The wildfire danger in Fort McMurray is rated extreme as hot, dry weather lingers into late September, just as big game hunting season gets underway and more people head into the ...
Sep 23, 2025 taviphoto / Depositphotos.com
Porter Airlines postpones Fort McMurray-Ottawa flights to spring 2026
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Porter Airlines is pushing back the launch of its new nonstop route between Fort McMurray and Ottawa until spring 2026. The airline had originally planned to begin service on Nov....
Sep 23, 2025 Porter Airlines, 132-seat Embraer. Supplied image
Updated screening units roll into Fort McMurray to fight breast cancer
New mobile breast cancer screening units roll into Fort McMurray FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Women in Fort McMurray and across northern Alberta will now have access to state-of-the-art mobile breast cancer s...
Sep 23, 2025 Alberta Cancer Foundation Mobile Mammography Unit
Municipal election shaping up to be crowded in Fort McMurray
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - The ballot is filling up for the upcoming municipal election in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. More than 20 candidates are vying for five seats in Ward 1, which repres...
Sep 23, 2025 serezniy / Depositphotos.com
Report warns Canada among countries boosting fossil fuel output, threatening climate goals
OTTAWA - Canada and other major fossil fuel producers are on track to derail global climate targets, a new international report says. The Production Gap Report, released Monday by three climate resear...
Sep 23, 2025
Former councillor offers advice as crowded Wood Buffalo election takes shape
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is set to have one of its most crowded municipal elections in decades, with a packed field emerging in Ward 1 and on both public and Cath...
Sep 22, 2025
