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Fort McMurray's night sky to sparkle with rare visit from Comet Lemmon
FORT MCMURRAY, AB - Stargazers in Fort McMurray are in for a treat this month as Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) makes a rare and vivid appearance in Alberta's northern skies. The comet, easily recognizable ...
Oct 15, 2025 Comet Neowise by Richard Covey, Edmonton Alberta. Used with permission.
Alberta government updates financial and education supports amid labour disruption
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is rolling out new financial and learning supports for families affected by the ongoing teachers' strike, aiming to ease pressures on parents and help students mainta...
Oct 13, 2025 Alberta Legislature in session, image via https://www.assembly.ab.ca
School closures hit poorest Alberta families hardest, says professor
EDMONTON- As the Alberta teachers' strike stretches on, education experts warn the deepest scars will be felt far from the picket lines, in the homes of families already struggling to make ends meet. ...
Oct 13, 2025 University of Alberta faculty of Education. Image via www.ualberta.ca
Support staff union urges province to reach deal with striking teachers
FORT MCMURRAY - The Canadian Union of Public Employees is backing the Alberta Teachers' Association in its ongoing labour dispute with the Alberta government. Lou Arab, speaking on behalf of CUPE and ...
Oct 08, 2025 CUPE Web logo
ALERT arrests seven in provincewide child exploitation probe
CALGARY - Seven men from Calgary, Lethbridge and Red Deer have been charged after an Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams investigation into online child sexual exploitation. Operation ICE Storm, la...
Oct 08, 2025 ALERT Logo
Carney ends spring budgets, pledges clearer accounting of federal investments
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is ending the long-standing tradition of spring federal budgets, with the government announcing Monday that the country's annual spending plan will now be presented...
Oct 07, 2025 Mark Carney at a Policy Exchange summer party, August 2015
Premier Smith visits eastern Canada to strengthen national economic partnerships
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto this week to promote collaboration and advance projects aimed at strengthening industries across Canada. While in Montreal,...
Oct 07, 2025
Canada Post strike delays municipal mail delivery in Wood Buffalo
FORT McMURRAY - The Canada Post strike is disrupting mail delivery across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, delaying utility bills, property tax reminders, ambulance invoices and other munici...
Oct 07, 2025 ValeStock / Depositphotos.com
RCMP search for missing Conklin man last seen hitchhiking on Highway 881
Update Oct 10th 2025 - Wood Buffalo RCMP would like to report that Randy Bennett has been located safe. FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Police are asking for the public's help to find a missing man from...
Oct 06, 2025 Missing Poster Randy Bennett
Wood Buffalo RCMP ask for help locating man last seen Sept. 24
FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - Wood Buffalo RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. Police say 60-year-old Ivan White of Fort McMurray was last seen at The Centre of Hope on Sept. 24, 20...
Oct 05, 2025 Missing Person, Ivan Whte. RCMP Poster
