Category Archives: News
Strathcona boosts stake in MEG, vows to oppose Cenovus takeover
Cenovus requires two-thirds shareholder approval at Oct. 9 meeting CALGARY - Strathcona Resources Ltd. has increased its stake in MEG Energy Corp. and confirmed it will oppose the company's proposed t...
Sep 08, 2025 Strathcona Resources Ltd. Web Image
Alberta accepts new standards for oil sands mine water treatment
Province to adopt new standards for oil sands mine water Alberta is moving ahead with new rules for treating and releasing water from oil sands tailings ponds, following recommendations from a governm...
Sep 08, 2025 By NASA Earth Observatory - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40997, Public Domain
Nenshi says Alberta jobs plan fails as unemployment rises
Alberta NDP says youth unemployment is highest in the country CALGARY - Alberta's New Democrats say the province's latest jobs numbers show the United Conservative government is failing to create stab...
Sep 08, 2025 gustavofrazao / Depositphotos.com
New portal offers Albertans real-time job market data
Alberta launches labour market information portal Alberta has launched a new Labour Market Information portal aimed at helping students, job seekers, and employers make informed decisions in a shiftin...
Sep 08, 2025 Rawpixel / Depositphotos.com
Judge cites repeat offences in sentencing driver for Emily Verge's death
Sentencing hearing included more than an hour of emotional victim-impact statements FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Roger Sierra will be serving 30 months behind bars after a sentencing hearing on Friday, Sept. ...
Sep 07, 2025 Memorial service for Emily Verge. Image by Marina Barnes
ATB economist to speak at Fort McMurray Chamber fall luncheon
Fort McMurray Chamber to host fall economic update luncheon FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - The Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce will host its Economic Update: Fall Edition networking luncheon later this month....
Sep 05, 2025
Wildfire danger remains high across Wood Buffalo
Fire permits restricted to essential use only as officials urge caution outdoors FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - The wildfire danger remains high to very high across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Al...
Sep 05, 2025 Forecast fire danger Sept 5, Image from Alberta Wildfire
Enbridge investing in U.S. pipelines set to boost exports by decade's end; Canada missing out
Fort McMurray MP says Canada missing LNG opportunities OTTAWA - The United States is cementing itself as a global leader in natural gas production and exports, even as Russia, once seen as the world's...
Sep 05, 2025 MP Laila Goodridge speaks at campaign rally 2025
Multiple victims hospitalized after serious incident on Hollow Water First Nation near Winnipeg
HOLLOW WATER FIRST NATION, MB. - Manitoba RCMP are investigating a mass casualty event on a First Nation north of Winnipeg. Eight people from Hollow Water First Nation are being taken to hospital in W...
Sep 04, 2025
Fort McKay man pleads guilty in 2023 shooting death
Anton Grandjambe, 23, to be sentenced Nov. 18 after admitting to manslaughter FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - A Fort McKay man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2023 shooting death of Russell John Shott....
Sep 04, 2025 Anton Grandjambe, RCMP Supplied photo
