Category Archives: News-CFVR
RCMP keep close watch on repeat offenders to protect Fort McMurray community
Integrated Offender Management aims to cut repeat offenses and improve community safety FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - As part of our ongoing series on the RCMP, Harvard media recently sat down to discuss wit...
Aug 05, 2025 RCMP vehicle, Wikimedia Commons, CC License
Forever Canadian campaign officially launches with goal of referendum to affirm Alberta's place in Canada
Organizers aim to collect 300,000 signatures by late October amid competing separatist push EDMONTON - A citizen-led campaign to affirm Alberta's place within Canada is officially underway following a...
Aug 05, 2025 Forever Canadian Movement logo
Wood Buffalo RCMP urges drivers to avoid aggressive behaviour on the roads this August
Police say risky driving choices increase danger for everyone FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking motorists to slow down and avoid aggressive driving this August, warning that risky ro...
Aug 04, 2025 Hwy 63 Speed enforcement. RCMP Supplied image
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
