Tag Archives: Wood Buffalo
Fort Chipewyan RCMP Investigate Shooting, Suspect Charged
(Wood Buffalo, Alberta) - Fort Chipewyan RCMP have laid an aggravated assault charge after a shooting in the community on November 11. Police say officers were called around 3:41 p.m. following a thir...
Nov 14, 2025 RCMP vehicle, Wikimedia Commons, CC License
Alberta RCMP highlight social media dangers in November safety push
EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP are highlighting online safety as their monthly focus for November, urging Albertans to think carefully about what they share and how they interact on the internet. Police say ...
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Province launches new methane reduction programs for oil and gas sector
EDMONTON - Alberta is launching two new programs aimed at cutting methane emissions while supporting a planned doubling of oil and gas production by 2035. The province is investing $29 million through...
Nov 14, 2025 bashta / Depositphotos.com
Province invests record 220 million dollars in homelessness response as cold weather approaches
EDMONTON - Alberta is putting a record 220 million dollars into shelter spaces and homelessness supports this year, including funding earmarked for a shelter in Fort McMurray, as the province prepares...
Nov 14, 2025 vilevi / Depositphotos.com
Art for Social Change brings accessibility focused installations to Keyano College
FORT McMURRAY - Keyano College will host a new exhibition next month that invites the community to consider how accessibility shapes daily life in Wood Buffalo. Art for Social Change runs Dec. 3 to 10...
Nov 14, 2025
Keyano partners with Amii on new program to expand AI skills
FORT McMURRAY - Keyano College has joined a new national consortium aimed at improving AI skills among post-secondary students across Canada. The initiative, called the AI Workforce Readiness program,...
Nov 14, 2025 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com
RCMP drone helps locate wanted man in downtown Fort McMurray
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP used one of their new drones to help arrest a man wanted on a Canada-wide parole warrant after he ran into a wooded area in the city's downtown. The detachment recent...
Nov 13, 2025 RCMP Cruiser with drones. Supplied image
No new pipelines in latest tranche of Carney's nation-building projects
TERRACE, B.C. - Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the latest wave of nation-building projects under Budget 2025, but the package excludes any new pipelines or oil and gas developments in Alberta...
Nov 13, 2025 PM Mark Carney speaks in Terrace BC
Alberta health union presses for better deal as mediation with AHS continues
EDMONTON - Formal mediation resumes this week between the Health Sciences Association of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, with the union citing rising public support and evidence of a severe staff...
Nov 13, 2025 jewhyte / Depositphotos.com
Good Shepherd turns 50 with assembly, lunch and returning staff
FORT McMURRAY - Good Shepherd Catholic School is marking a major milestone next week as staff, students and alumni gather to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. The Beacon Hill elementary school ...
Nov 13, 2025 Good Shepherd School, FMCSD Web Image
