Category Archives: Breaking News
Conservatives continue their "tough on crime" focus with proposed victims' rights bill
OTTAWA - Conservatives are keeping crime at the forefront of their fall agenda in Parliament with a private member's bill that would expand the rights of crime victims. Mel Arnold, Conservative MP for...
Sep 19, 2025 willeecole / Depositphotos.com
Working alone: CUPE Calls for a Fatality Inquiry after Fatal Stabbing in Calgary
Union urges Alberta to adopt recommendations after fatal stabbing of Calgary care worker CALGARY - The union representing a Calgary care worker fatally stabbed on the job is calling on the Alberta gov...
Sep 19, 2025 Laila Goodridge, MP Fort McMurray - Cold Lake Official Photo
Hot, dry conditions keep wildfire risk high across northeast Alberta
Wildfire danger remains very high in Fort McMurray and Lac La Biche forest areas FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - Alberta Wildfire officials say the risk of fire remains very high in the Fort McMurray and Lac La ...
Sep 18, 2025 Alberta Wildfire logo
Sixteen Keyano Huskies Named CCAA National Scholars
Fort McMurray, AB - Keyano College is celebrating the academic excellence of 16 student-athletes who have been named National Scholar Award recipients by the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (...
Sep 18, 2025 Image courtesy of Keyano College.
Business forum spotlights packed Ward 1 race in Fort McMurray
Candidates pile in as nomination deadline looms for Wood Buffalo municipal election FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - About 80 people gathered at Landmark Cinemas in Timberlea on Thursday night for a business-fo...
Sep 18, 2025 Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce, Candidates Forum - listener supplied photo
Adam's Journey becomes top seller in Canada's biography and anecdotes category
Adam Germain's memoir tops Canadian category charts, rooted in Fort McMurray story FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - A self-published memoir by former Fort McMurray lawyer, MLA and judge Adam Germain has become ...
Sep 18, 2025
Analysts say oil industry adjusting to $60-a-barrel reality
ConocoPhillips and Chevron among producers cutting staff as spending falls by billions The global oil sector is settling into the reality of $60-a-barrel prices, according to analysts, with many compa...
Sep 18, 2025
Conservatives table Jail Not Bail bill to crack down on repeat offenders
Victims' families, police associations voice support for tougher conditions on violent offenders OTTAWA - Fort McMurray-Cold Lake MP Laila Goodridge says "enough is enough" as Conservatives table legi...
Sep 18, 2025 Laila Goodridge, MP Fort McMurray - Cold Lake Official Photo
ALERT cracks massive cartel-linked drug ring in $15M Alberta cocaine bust
ALERT dismantles cross-border drug ring in one of Alberta's largest seizures CALGARY - Alberta's organized crime unit has dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network in what officials say is on...
Sep 17, 2025 ALERT Project Cerberus
Robert Munsch, Writer of Fort McMurray-Inspired Books, Approved for Medically Assisted Death
TORONTO - Beloved children's author Robert Munsch says he has been approved for medical assistance in dying (MAID) after being diagnosed with dementia and Parkinson's disease. People.com Munsch, 80, i...
Sep 17, 2025 By Markbellis - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108512158
