Category Archives: Breaking News
Wildfire smoke chokes Fort McMurray as fire danger remains extreme
Mac Island reopens afterregion sees worst air quality since 2016 wildfire FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - Thick wildfire smoke and extreme fire danger levels are impacting the Fort McMurray and Lac La Biche fo...
Aug 04, 2025 Hexwave Drone of Smoke, August 3, 2025 Photo with permission of Matt Salem and Hexwave Media
Alberta RCMP sees nearly 7 per cent drop in crime severity
Reductions in assaults, sexual assaults and breakins drive provincewide decline EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP jurisdictions saw a 6.9 per cent decrease in the Crime Severity Index in 2024, according to new ...
Aug 01, 2025
Province touts energy and agriculture exports on American trade mission
Alberta MLAs head to Boston to promote energy and agriculture exports EDMONTON - Alberta MLAs are heading to Boston this week to push for a barrierfree trade relationship with the United States. The d...
Aug 01, 2025 f11photo / Depositphotos.com
Fire advisories remain as Fort McMurray wildfire risk climbs
Wildfire danger extreme in Fort McMurray Forest Area as fire advisories remain in place FORT McMURRAY, AB. - The wildfire danger is extreme in the northern portion of the Fort McMurray Forest Area and...
Aug 01, 2025 Albert Wildfire Crews build fire guard near Conklin
Nikinan Community Centre opens as new gathering place for Fort McMurray 468 First Nation
Facility supported by Suncor will serve as cultural and community hub FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Fireworks and traditional dancing marked the grand opening of the Nikinan Community Centre on Treaty 8 territ...
Jul 31, 2025 Band Office for Fort McMurray 468 First Nation
From call to car: The process behind emergency response in Wood Buffalo
In the fourth installment of Harvard Media News' look inside the Wood Buffalo RCMP, we delve into what exactly happens when a resident calls those three famous numbers, 9-1-1. RCMP explains how its op...
Jul 31, 2025
Additional classroom space coming to Fort McMurray schools as enrolment grows
Additional classroom space coming to Fort McMurray schools as enrolment grows FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - Two Fort McMurray school divisions will receive a total of five new modular classrooms as part of a...
Jul 31, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
Fire danger climbing as heat warning grips Wood Buffalo
Four fires in Fort McMurray Forest Area are under control but conditions could worsen with continued heat FORT McMURRAY, AB. - The fire danger across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is climb...
Jul 31, 2025 phot65 / Depositphotos.com
Federal government fines itself in hawk habitat fiasco
DND fined for destroying hawk nest at CFB Suffield, but most of the money just circles back to Ottawa CALGARY - The federal government has fined itself $10,000 after the Department of National Defence...
Jul 31, 2025 Ferruginous Hawk Wikimedia CC License
Separatists outflanked as pro Canada referendum petition gets green light
Alberta separation debate shifts as "remain in Canada" referendum petition advances EDMONTON - The Alberta separation referendum debate is taking a new turn, with a "remain in Canada" question cleared...
Jul 30, 2025 Thomas Lukaszuk Facebook Image
