Category Archives: News-CFVR
La Loche Winter Trail opens to light vehicles with 5,000 kg limit
FORT McMURRAY - The La Loche Winter Trail is opening to light vehicles at noon today, with officials urging drivers to plan ahead and use caution. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says vehicl...
Jan 05, 2026
Alberta RCMP see spike in fatal collisions amid winter driving conditions
EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP are warning of a spike in fatal collisions amid winter driving conditions, following an earlier increase in non-injury crashes linked to snow and ice. Preliminary police data s...
Jan 05, 2026 Car Crash, 2025. Image by Jon Tupper
Load limit increase allows heavier traffic on Fort Chipewyan Winter Road
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The load limit on the Fort Chipewyan Winter Road is increasing to 15,000 kilograms as of noon Friday, allowing heavier vehicles to begin using the route. Regional Municipality o...
Jan 05, 2026
New Year, same politics. Elections Alberta starts clock on citizen petition seeking independence referendum
EDMONTON - Only a few days into the New Year and Albertans are continuing to take advantage of recent changes to the province's referendum rules, as Elections Alberta has formally launched the signatu...
Jan 05, 2026 Generic ballot box. Wikimedia Commons. CC License
Global oil markets steady after Venezuela action, but Fort McMurray may feel future impacts
FORT MCMURRAY- Global oil markets remained largely steady Monday following a dramatic U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro from power and transferred him to the Unit...
Jan 05, 2026 dechevm / Depositphotos.com
CFIA suspends federal licence of Goodfood, once a leader in meal kits
MONTREAL - Canada's food inspection agency has suspended the federal licence of Goodfood, a Montreal-based meal kit and grocery delivery company that was once a leading force in the sector. Canadian F...
Jan 05, 2026 Goodfood Mealkits, web image
Snow removal resumes this week in Fort McMurray as parking restrictions take effect
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Snow removal operations are scheduled to begin this week in parts of Fort McMurray, with on street parking restrictions coming into effect in designated neighbourhoods. Regional...
Jan 05, 2026 Winter Maintenance Zones, RMWB image
Alberta welcomes first babies of 2026 but local New Years baby will remain unreleased
EDMONTON - Alberta's first babies of 2026 arrived minutes after the clock struck midnight in Edmonton and Calgary, according to Alberta Health Services. Alberta Health Services said two baby boys were...
Jan 05, 2026 New Years Baby 2026, AHS Supplied image
Police ask public to help locate 38-year-old missing in Fort McMurray
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for the public's help to locate a missing 38-year-old woman last seen in Fort McMurray. Police say Shanelle Philomene Calliou was reported missing on Jan. ...
Jan 04, 2026 Shanelle Philomene Calliou, RCMP Supplied image
Fake gun, fast arrests: RCMP end Downtown Fort McMurray robbery in Minutes
FORT MCMURRAY - A downtown Fort McMurray robbery involving what police later determined was a replica firearm ended quickly on Dec. 24, with both suspects arrested minutes later without incident. Wood...
Jan 02, 2026
