Category Archives: News-CFVR
IEA warns of "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market" as crude tops $100
CALGARY - The International Energy Agency says the conflict involving Iran has produced what could be the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, sending crude prices above ...
Mar 12, 2026 Lepasik / Depositphotos.com
Conservatives demand federal plan on Iranian regime activities in Canada
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to present a plan within a week to address what they say are ongoing activities by Iranian regime officials in Canada. In a joint s...
Mar 12, 2026 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
RMWB adds $542K in Community Investment Program grants after review
FORT McMURRAY - Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council has approved additional funding for several local non-profit groups following recommendations from a review panel examining the latest Com...
Mar 12, 2026 Council chambers, image via RMWB.ca
Study says stronger carbon pricing would add less than 50 cents per barrel for oil sands
OTTAWA - Strengthening industrial carbon pricing in line with a federal-provincial agreement would have only a minimal impact on the cost of producing oil from Alberta's oilsands, according to new res...
Mar 12, 2026 Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Natural gas markets heat up as Qatar LNG shipments halted amid Iran war
CALGARY - It is not only oil markets being rattled by the U.S. war against Iran. Global natural gas supplies are also facing disruptions as the conflict spreads across the Middle East. Major energy co...
Mar 12, 2026 Natural Gas burning, Wikimedia Commons CC License
Study finds no rise in deaths after closure of supervised consumption site
EDMONTON - Alberta's mental health and addiction minister says new research examining the closure of a supervised drug consumption site in Red Deer found no increase in deaths or emergency service cal...
Mar 12, 2026 joaquincorbalan / Depositphotos.com
Another Alberta recall petition fails as effort to unseat Danielle Smith falls short
EDMONTON - Another citizen-led recall petition has failed. This one aimed at unseating Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as the MLA for Brooks-Medicine Hat. The campaign gathered about 2,300 signatures, ...
Mar 11, 2026
Elections Alberta warns of harassment, misinformation during recall and citizen initiative petitions
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta says it has seen a rise in harassment complaints and misinformation surrounding recall and citizen initiative petitions, prompting the agency to issue a public clarificati...
Mar 11, 2026 Elections AB
Alberta NDP defeated in non-confidence motion over separatism dispute with First Nations
EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi introduced a motion of non-confidence in the provincial government Monday after First Nations leaders called on legislators to denounce separatism. T...
Mar 11, 2026 By Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146285898
RCMP arrest suspect after downtown Fort McMurray liquor store robbery
FORT McMURRAY - A Fort McMurray man has been charged after a robbery at a downtown liquor store in which a suspect allegedly threatened an employee with a bottle and later brandished a machete. Wood B...
Mar 11, 2026 RCMP Truck, image by Jon Tupper
