Category Archives: News

Porter Pulls Pin on Planned Fort McMurray-Ottawa Flights
FORT MCMURRAY - Porter Airlines will not launch its previously announced non-stop service between Fort McMurray and Ottawa this spring after revising its network plans for the upcoming season. The For...
Jon Tupper Feb 08, 2026 Porter Airlines, 132-seat Embraer. Supplied image

Alberta reaches collective agreement with 31,000 health care support workers
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says a new collective agreement has been reached between Alberta Health Services and tens of thousands of health care support workers, concluding major health sec...
Jon Tupper Feb 08, 2026

2026 Multicultural EXPO Takes Place Saturday at Syncrude Sports and Wellness Centre
The 2026 Multicultural EXPO is taking place Saturday at the Syncrude Sports and Wellness Centre. Hosted by the Multicultural Association, the event invites residents to celebrate the many cultures tha...
Jordan Keating Feb 06, 2026

Transport Truck Fire Blocks Northbound Lanes Before Being Extinguished
Regional Emergency Services responded to a transport truck fire Wednesday afternoon. Crews were called to the scene on Highway 63 at approximately 2:45 p.m., responding with a pumper and a tanker. Fir...
Jordan Keating Feb 06, 2026

RMWB Finalizes Plans With WinterPLAY Just Weeks Away
FORT McMURRAY - With just over two weeks to go, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is finalizing plans for WinterPLAY 2026, its annual winter festival, which runs Feb. 20 to 24 and features a m...
Jon Tupper Feb 05, 2026

Suncor Board Declares March Dividend for Shareholders
CALGARY - Suncor Energy says its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share on its common shares. The dividend is payable March 25 to shareholders of record at the close o...
Jon Tupper Feb 05, 2026 Suncor Energy Centre

Oil Prices Whipsaw as U.S.-Iran Tensions Drive Market Volatility
CALGARY - Oil prices have swung sharply this week as traders react to rapidly shifting tensions between the United States and Iran, pushing benchmark prices from the low $60 range to above $65 a barre...
Jon Tupper Feb 05, 2026 By Anonymous - Specimen book of the Cleveland Type Founhdry (https://archive.org/details/cataloguebookofs00clevrich/page/306), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81679425

Persistent Low Income More Common Among Lone Parents, Immigrants and Less Educated: Study
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada study says nine per cent of tax filers aged 15 and older experienced persistent low income between 2016 and 2022, remaining below the low-income measure after tax for ...
Jon Tupper Feb 05, 2026 belchonock / Depositphotos.com
Canada Leads G7 in Food Inflation as Import Pressures Persist
OTTAWA - Food prices in Canada remain stubbornly high, driven largely by rising import costs and global pressures rather than domestic factors, according to new research from the Bank of Canada and re...
Jon Tupper Feb 05, 2026

Rare February Fire Advisory Issued for Calgary Area as Temperatures Soar to 15 C
CALGARY - An unusual burst of springlike weather has prompted Alberta Wildfire to issue a rare fire advisory for the Calgary Forest Area in the middle of February. Alberta Wildfire says the advisory i...
Jon Tupper Feb 05, 2026 By Gorgo - Photo taken by author, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=693104Canada; Calgary








