Category Archives: News-CFVR

Road to Fort Chipewyan Closing for the Season Monday, Motorists Warned of Dangers
Fort Chipewyan Winter Road Closing, Conditions Rough Conditions Last-Minute Travelers FORT MCMURRAY - The winter road to Fort Chipewyan will close for the season at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 31, cutting...
Jon Tupper Mar 30, 2025

Albertans Face Price Hikes on Wine as New Tax Increases Take Effect
Albertans to Pay Higher Wine Prices Starting April 1 This is the final weekend to stock up on wine before Alberta's new tax increases take effect on Tuesday. The province will implement a 15-cent flat...
Jon Tupper Mar 27, 2025 nikitos1977 / Depositphotos.com

Trump's Latest Auto Tariffs Spark Concerns Over Job Losses and Price Hikes
Trump Flip-flops on Auto Tariffs Again The auto industry is sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump's latest trade announcement, which will impose a 25 per cent tariff on automobile imports and...
Jon Tupper Mar 27, 2025 phonlamai / Depositphotos.com

Canadians Avoid Travel to the USA. Passenger Volume Down
Airlines Cut Flights as Demand Drops Sharply Between Canada and U.S. Several airlines are reducing flights between Canada and the U.S. as passenger demand plummets. New data from OAG, a leading global...
Jon Tupper Mar 27, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com

Alberta Slashes Photo Radar Use Starting Tuesday, Launches $13M Safety Fund
Alberta Moving Ahead with Photo Radar Cuts, Creates $13 Million Traffic Safety Fund Alberta is dramatically scaling back its use of photo radar, restricting Automated Traffic Enforcement (ATE) to spec...
Jon Tupper Mar 27, 2025
Race for Fort McMurray-Cold Lake Heats Up, but Liberals Still Missing
FORT MCMURRAY - As we near the end of the first week of the Federal Election Campaign, the New Democratic Party has named You-Ju Choi as its candidate for Member of Parliament in Fort McMurray-Cold La...
Jon Tupper Mar 27, 2025

Four People Charged After Attempt to Evade Police
Four people from Fort McMurray are facing a list of charges, after police attempted to stop a speeding vehicle. Tuesday afternoon patrolling officers spotted a red GMC Acadia speeding from the downtow...
Mar 27, 2025 Items seized by RCMP after stopping a vehicle trying to evade police. Four of the six people in the vehicle, all from Fort McMurray are facing charges. Ph0to Courtesy of the RCMP

Premier Smith Takes Alberta's Tariff Fight to Florida
Today and tomorrow, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in sunny Florida, but not for a vacation. She's speaking at a PragerU event, pushing back against U.S. tariff threats on Canadian goods and energy...
Jordan Keating Mar 27, 2025

Grassland Gas Station Fined $164K for Migrant Labor Violations
A Petro Canada gas station in Grassland, has been fined over $164,000 for breaching migrant labor rules, including poor recordkeeping, underpaying workers, and failing to provide a safe, abuse free wo...
Jordan Keating Mar 27, 2025 spflaum / Depositphotos.com

Man Arrested After Alleged Assault on Taxi Driver in Timberlea
Wood Buffalo RCMP arrested a Fort McMurray Resident early Sunday morning after an alleged confrontation with a local taxi driver. Just after 1:30 a.m., Mounties responded to a report of a passenger wh...
Jordan Keating Mar 27, 2025








