Tag Archives: Anzac
Alberta health support staff secure raises, premium increases in 2024-28 contract
EDMONTON - Alberta's licensed practical nurses and health care aides have ratified a new four year collective agreement that union leaders say will significantly boost wages, shift premiums and rural ...
Dec 01, 2025 AUPE Rally, web image via https://www.aupe.org/about
RMWB launches transit survey as open house and pop up events approach
FORT MCMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is inviting residents to learn more about recent changes to local transit service at a series of public events scheduled for early December. A...
Dec 01, 2025 RMWB Transit gets a makeover
Council signs off on 2026 fee hike for garbage, landfill and permits
FORT McMURRAY - Council has signed off on a new fee schedule for 2026 that keeps most municipal charges unchanged but raises some rates for garbage, landfill, cemetery and development services while h...
Dec 01, 2025 Council chambers, image via RMWB.ca
Wood Buffalo mayor touts 'economic engine' role under new energy accord
FORT McMURRAY - Reaction is pouring in after Ottawa and Alberta signed a sweeping new energy agreement that promises federal backing for a West Coast bitumen pipeline, regulatory relief for the provin...
Dec 01, 2025 Mayor Sandy Bowman
UCP AGM sets stage for Alberta's next political battles on firearms, policing and social policy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is preparing to bring forward major policy moves following a combative and highly attended United Conservative Party annual general meeting, where she pledged...
Dec 01, 2025 UCP, web image via https://unitedconservative.ca/wp-content/uploads/logo-page.jpg
ASIRT rules Fort McMurray police shooting was necessary and proportionate
FORT McMURRAY - Alberta's police watchdog says an RCMP officer acted reasonably when he shot and wounded a man during an attempted arrest in a snowy ditch in Fort McMurray early last year. In a decisi...
Nov 30, 2025
RCMP warn Wood Buffalo residents as fraud cases continue to rise
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP are warning residents to be on alert as several fraud schemes continue to circulate in the region, with seniors among the most frequent targets. Police say common sca...
Nov 28, 2025
Wood Buffalo arts council seeking applicants for 2026 residency spots
FORT McMURRAY - Arts Council Wood Buffalo has opened applications for its 2026 Artist in Residence Program and Suncor Indigenous Artist in Residence Program, offering two professional artists several ...
Nov 28, 2025 Arts Council Wood Buffalo Web Image
Former minister storms out as Alberta pushes back on his environmental wish list
OTTAWA - Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault says he resigned from cabinet with deep sadness, arguing the federal government is abandoning key elements of the climate agenda he spent years a...
Nov 27, 2025 Stephen Guilbeault -Facebook image
Alberta and Ottawa strike sweeping energy pact aimed at global expansion and lower emissions
OTTAWA - Alberta and the federal government have struck a sweeping new energy agreement that both sides say will reshape Canada's economic future, expand market access for Alberta oil and accelerate i...
Nov 27, 2025 Unleashing Alberta's Energy Future Press Conference, Nov 26, 2025
