Category Archives: News
Provincial Privacy Office Investigating PowerSchool Data Compromise
Alberta Privacy Commissioner Investigating Widespread PowerSchool Data Breach Alberta's Privacy Commissioner is joining the investigation into the recent and widespread data breach that affected dozen...
Feb 12, 2025
Have You Seen This Truck? RCMP Share Photos in Hit-and-Run Investigation
RCMP Release Surveillance Images in Thickwood Hit-and-Run Investigation FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that ...
Feb 12, 2025
CUPE Alberta Pushes Back Against Government Accusations Amid School Staff Strikes
A growing dispute between the Alberta government and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is intensifying amid ongoing school support staff strikes across the province. Finance Minister Nate ...
Feb 11, 2025
Reckless Driver Leaves Two Injured in Wood Buffalo Hit-and-Run
RCMP Seek Witnesses After Hit-and-Run Injures Two Pedestrians in Wood Buffalo FORT MCMURRAY - Police are searching for the driver of a black or dark-coloured GMC or Chevy pickup truck after a hit-and-...
Feb 11, 2025
Trump To Start Tariffs On Steel and Aluminum in March
Canada's Premiers Aim to Protect Cross-Border Trade in Washington Mission Canada's provincial and territorial premiers are in Washington, D.C., this week as part of a diplomatic mission to engage with...
Feb 10, 2025
From Icon to Imposter: Buffy St. Marie Stripped of Order of Canada
Buffy St. Marie Stripped of Order of Canada Following Ancestry Controversy Folk singer Buffy St. Marie has been stripped of her Order of Canada, following revelations that she misrepresented her Indig...
Feb 10, 2025
NAABA Summit to Showcase Indigenous Business Excellence in Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo
NAABA Indigenous Business Summit Returns with Keynote Speaker Calvin Helin FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - The Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association (NAABA) is set to host its 18th Annual Indigeno...
Feb 10, 2025
No Exceptions: Trump Imposes Sweeping Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
President Donald Trump has once again wielded tariffs as a weapon, this time imposing a blanket 25 per cent duty on all steel and aluminum imports to the United States. The executive order, signed lat...
Feb 10, 2025
Winter Maintenance Zones 1 and 2 Active, Parking Bans in Effect
Winter Maintenance Zones 1 and 2 Active for Snow Removal February 10-14 The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is activating Winter Maintenance Zones (WMZ) 1 and 2 this week. From February 1...
Feb 09, 2025
Trump Tariffs Take Two: Canada Braces for Steel and Aluminum Duties
Trump to Announce New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, Canada Takes Wait-and-See Approach U.S. President Donald Trump is set to formally announce a 25 per cent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports on M...
Feb 09, 2025
