Category Archives: Breaking News
Update, Janvier located safe. Wood Buffalo RCMP seek help locating missing Janvier woman
UPDATE: July 27, 2026. 8:57 a.m.: Wood Buffalo RCMP are advising that Krystal Janvier was located safe. FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for the public's help locating a 39-year-old woman ...
Jul 26, 2026 Missing Poster Krystal Janvier
Wood Buffalo Pride offers solidarity following Berlin terror attack
FORT McMURRAY - The 2SLGBTQ+ community is reacting to the recent attack near a Pride event in Berlin, Germany, which left one person dead and 29 others injured. Mitch Bowers, executive director of Woo...
Jul 26, 2026 Wood Buffalo Pride Logo, Web file
Chinese consul general sees new opportunities for Canada-China trade and investment
CALGARY - China's top diplomat in Calgary says Canada and China have an opportunity to strengthen economic ties by expanding cooperation in energy, agriculture, innovation and advanced manufacturing, ...
Jul 24, 2026 AleksTaurus / Depositphotos.com
Senate committee calls for major overhaul of Canada's wildfire response
OTTAWA - A Senate committee is urging the federal government to overhaul Canada's approach to wildfires, warning the country is facing a growing national crisis driven by increasingly destructive fire...
Jul 24, 2026 catstail / Depositphotos.com
Conservatives criticize cuts to federal wildfire response centre
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative MPs are criticizing the Liberal government after reports roughly half the positions at the federal Government Operations Centre, the national hub responsible for coordina...
Jul 24, 2026 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, on his official Facebook Page, Photography By John Lehmann
Fort McMurray reminds OHV riders of rules as pilot project moves forward
FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is reminding off-highway vehicle riders to follow local laws and plan ahead as work continues on a proposed pilot project to expand road acces...
Jul 24, 2026 akhte-si / Depositphotos.com
Oil tops US$100 as Middle East conflict rattles global markets
FORT McMURRAY - Oil prices have climbed back above the US$100 per barrel mark as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, along with attacks on key shipping routes and other geopolitical t...
Jul 24, 2026 By Goran_tek-en, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115671987
RMWB, former HR director drop lawsuits over bonus dispute
FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and its former human resources director have both dropped their lawsuits against one another, bringing a legal battle over more than $1 millio...
Jul 24, 2026 Fort McMurray Court House, -file photo
Fort McMurray wildfire crews deployed to Quebec and Ontario as fire danger grows
FORT McMURRAY - More than 80 Alberta wildfire personnel, including staff from the Fort McMurray Forest Area, are helping battle wildfires in eastern Canada as fire activity intensifies across much of ...
Jul 24, 2026 Alberta Wildfire sends personnel to Quebec. Facebook image via AlbertaWildfire
Fort McMurray gas prices changing as global supply disruptions mount
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo residents may have noticed gasoline prices creeping higher, sometimes through sudden swings of as much as 20 cents per litre, as global oil and refining disruptions tighte...
Jul 23, 2026 spflaum / Depositphotos.com
