Tag Archives: Fort McMurray News
Highway 63 Closed Near Airport Road Following Fatal Crash
(Fort McMurray, Alberta) - Update: As of 3:51pm investigators have cleared the scene and the highway has since been reopened. One person is dead and several others were injured following a multi-vehic...
Jan 08, 2026 Road Closed Sign, image via rmwb.ca
Fire causes extensive damage to MacIver Street home in Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY-A single-storey house in downtown Fort McMurray was seriously damaged by fire Sunday afternoon, with no injuries reported. Firefighters were called to a home on MacIver Street around 2 p...
Jan 06, 2026
Junior A Hockey Players Hospitalized After Northern Alberta Bus Crash
Two Junior A hockey players were taken to hospital after a team bus crashed on a northern Alberta highway Friday morning. RCMP say the coach bus carrying members of the Athabasca Rivermen slid off Hig...
Dec 12, 2025 Photo supplied by Alberta RCMP
Heavy police presence warning lifted in Conklin linked to RCMP theft investigation
FORT McMURRAY - RCMP say a significant police presence in Conklin this morning was connected to an ongoing theft investigation. An alert was issued around 8 a.m. warning residents of heavy police acti...
Nov 06, 2025 RCMP Officer, Summer 2025. File photo by Jon Tupper
Fort McMurray author helps bring Robert Cree's story to print
FORT MCMURRAY - A new book by Elder and former Fort McMurray First Nation chief Robert Cree, written with Fort McMurray author and journalist Therese Greenwood, shares a personal story of survival, le...
Nov 04, 2025 The Many Names of Robert Cree, publisher supplied photo
Wood Buffalo RCMP remind families to stay safe this Halloween
FORT McMURRAY-Wood Buffalo RCMP are reminding families and motorists to keep safety in mind this Halloween as children head out for trick-or-treating across the region. Police are encouraging parents ...
Oct 31, 2025 Monty the Safety Bear RCMP Halloween
Fire season ends across Alberta, but advisories stay in Wood Buffalo region
EDMONTON-Alberta's wildfire season officially ends today, wrapping up a relatively calm year for the Fort McMurray Forest Area. Local officials recorded 62 wildfires in the region, a fraction of the 2...
Oct 31, 2025
Breaking: Low lake levels force boil water advisory in Fort Chipewyan
FORT CHIPEWYAN-A boil water advisory is now in effect for residents of Fort Chipewyan who receive water from the municipal treatment plant, as low lake levels and strong winds have disrupted water qua...
Oct 30, 2025 belchonock / Depositphotos.com
New Catholic school trustees sworn in under shadow of provincial labour dispute
New board of trustees sworn in amid ongoing labour dispute FORT MCMURRAY- The newly elected board of trustees for the Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School Division has been sworn in for the 20...
Oct 29, 2025 FMCSD Board- supplied image
Caught in the middle, students will return after province ends teachers strike
Students return to class as back to work law brings an end to strike FORT MCMURRAY- Children across Alberta are back in school on Wednesday, Oct. 29, for the first time since Oct. 6, after provincial ...
Oct 28, 2025 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
