Category Archives: News-CFVR

Fort McMurray firefighters responded to an illegal fire in Abasand on Sunday night. Just after 10 p.m., a pumper team arrived at the site of a former oil sands plant and found a large garbage fire ins...

Drama off the ice for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons: their Annual General Meeting, slated for June 2nd, has been cancelled until further notice. That AGM was set to elect a new board of directors and t...

Some rain over the last couple of days helped take the edge off, but wildfire danger is still sitting at Very High for Fort McMurray and High for the Lac La Biche Forest area. The good news? No new wi...

This evening the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce is hosting its Annual General Meeting. It's an important night for local business leaders to reflect on 2024, elect new Board Directors, and hear fro...

A 26-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to a deadly shooting in Fort McMurray earlier this year. On the afternoon of February 7, Wood Buffalo RCMP were called to the ...

Canada Post workers are preparing to walk off the job this Friday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has issued strike notice, with around 55,000 employees - including urban and rural mail carriers...

Sunshine Oilsands has been ordered to shut down and abandon all operations in northern Alberta. The Alberta Energy Regulator says the company repeatedly violated safety rules, with cracked pipelines, ...

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has officially opened local spray parks for the season. Families can enjoy the water daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. at spots like Borealis, Lakewood, Parsons Cr...

Wood Buffalo RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man from Fort McMurray. 51-year-old John Lawrence Paquette was last seen on April 23rd and last spoke to friends on March 26th. ...

At this weeks RMWB council meeting, a rezoning bylaw was approved to allow a new K-12 Francophone school to be built in Abasand, replacing the current cole Borale. The motion passed 4-3, with councill...