Category Archives: News
Noah, Olivia extend their long reign as Alberta's top baby names in 2025
EDMONTON - Noah and Olivia continue to top Alberta's baby name charts, extending long running streaks in 2025. Provincial data released Tuesday show Noah was the most popular name for boys for the sev...
Feb 18, 2026 eaniton / Depositphotos.com
Police Warn Against Travel as Snow and Extreme Cold Hit Northeastern Alberta
FORT McMURRAY - Boyle RCMP are advising motorists to avoid all highway travel as heavy snow, whiteout conditions and extreme cold impact northeastern Alberta, including Highway 63, the main artery lin...
Feb 17, 2026 topicha / Depositphotos.com
RMWB Sets April 20 Deadline for Property Assessment Appeals
FORT McMURRAY - Property owners across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo should begin receiving their 2026 assessment notices in the mail this week. The notices were mailed Feb. 11 and outline...
Feb 17, 2026
Criminal Negligence Charges Laid Following Fatal Pedestrian Collision
Wood Buffalo RCMP lay charges in fatal pedestrian collision south of Fort McMurray FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - Charges have been laid following a fatal pedestrian collision in Chipewyan Prairie First Natio...
Feb 17, 2026
Economists Predict Bump in Food Prices in Latest Inflation Report as MP Goodridge fights for affordability.
OTTAWA - A temporary federal tax break from early last year is expected to skew upcoming inflation figures, with analysts predicting a noticeable rise in food prices in January's data. Statistics Cana...
Feb 17, 2026 06photo / Depositphotos.com
CBSA Intercepts Over One Tonne of Narcotics Entering Canada From U.S.
CALGARY - Canada Border Services Agency officers have seized more than one tonne of narcotics at the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta following three separate interceptions late last year. T...
Feb 17, 2026 Coutts Border Busts
Lunar New Year Begins as China Grants Visa Free Travel to Canadians
FORT McMURRAY - Chinese Spring Festival and Lunar New Year celebrations begin today, ushering in the Year of the Horse under the element of fire, a pairing traditionally associated with energy, determ...
Feb 17, 2026 Chinese Spring Festival, year of the Fire Horse. Government of Canada imageAdobeStock_880566861 (1) [Converted]
RMWB Activates Snow Plowing Zones 3 and 4
FORT McMURRAY - Winter maintenance crews in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are set to activate additional snow plowing zones next week as snow clearing continues across the community. The m...
Feb 17, 2026
Alberta Petition to End Private School Funding Falls Short
EDMONTON - A citizen initiative petition calling for an end to public funding for accredited independent schools has failed to gather enough signatures to proceed. Alberta's chief electoral officer, G...
Feb 17, 2026 RMWB School Zone, supplied image
Snowfall Warning Issued for Fort McMurray as 20 cm or More Expected
Snow is returning to the Fort McMurray region, and forecasters warn the next round could once again snarl travel and daily routines across the north. Just as residents and municipal workers have dug o...
Feb 16, 2026 Irishka1 / Depositphotos.com
