Tag Archives: Canada
Athabasca Tribal Council reaffirms commitment to MMEIP task force
Athabasca Tribal Council highlights urgent need to protect vulnerable people, calling aggressive behaviour unacceptable. FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - The Athabasca Tribal Council says it remains committed to ...
Sep 21, 2025
NAABA names Angela Maxson as new executive director
Second-generation Indigenous entrepreneur brings business and advocacy experience to the role FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association has appointed Angela Maxso...
Sep 21, 2025
NORAD launches joint response to Calgary air threats
Canadian and U.S. fighter aircraft scrambled as three planes land safely without incident CALGARY - Fighter jets scrambled by the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) escorted three passen...
Sep 21, 2025 CF-18. Web Image via RCAF
Conservatives continue their "tough on crime" focus with proposed victims' rights bill
OTTAWA - Conservatives are keeping crime at the forefront of their fall agenda in Parliament with a private member's bill that would expand the rights of crime victims. Mel Arnold, Conservative MP for...
Sep 19, 2025 willeecole / Depositphotos.com
Hot, dry conditions keep wildfire risk high across northeast Alberta
Wildfire danger remains very high in Fort McMurray and Lac La Biche forest areas FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - Alberta Wildfire officials say the risk of fire remains very high in the Fort McMurray and Lac La ...
Sep 18, 2025 Alberta Wildfire logo
Business forum spotlights packed Ward 1 race in Fort McMurray
Candidates pile in as nomination deadline looms for Wood Buffalo municipal election FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - About 80 people gathered at Landmark Cinemas in Timberlea on Thursday night for a business-fo...
Sep 18, 2025 Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce, Candidates Forum - listener supplied photo
Adam's Journey becomes top seller in Canada's biography and anecdotes category
Adam Germain's memoir tops Canadian category charts, rooted in Fort McMurray story FORT McMURRAY, Alta. - A self-published memoir by former Fort McMurray lawyer, MLA and judge Adam Germain has become ...
Sep 18, 2025
Analysts say oil industry adjusting to $60-a-barrel reality
ConocoPhillips and Chevron among producers cutting staff as spending falls by billions The global oil sector is settling into the reality of $60-a-barrel prices, according to analysts, with many compa...
Sep 18, 2025
Conservatives table Jail Not Bail bill to crack down on repeat offenders
Victims' families, police associations voice support for tougher conditions on violent offenders OTTAWA - Fort McMurray-Cold Lake MP Laila Goodridge says "enough is enough" as Conservatives table legi...
Sep 18, 2025 Laila Goodridge, MP Fort McMurray - Cold Lake Official Photo
ALERT cracks massive cartel-linked drug ring in $15M Alberta cocaine bust
ALERT dismantles cross-border drug ring in one of Alberta's largest seizures CALGARY - Alberta's organized crime unit has dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network in what officials say is on...
Sep 17, 2025 ALERT Project Cerberus
