Tag Archives: Wood Buffalo
Father Mercredi students prepare for 41st Santas Anonymous holiday drive
FORT MCMURRAY - Preparations are underway for the 41st annual Santas Anonymous campaign at Father Patrick Mercredi Community High School, a long-running effort that helps hundreds of families across t...
Nov 10, 2025
Carney signals possible federal support for new Alberta pipeline
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney offered his clearest signal yet that his government could support a new oil pipeline, telling a Toronto business audience his government is "on top of the pipeline ...
Nov 10, 2025 vladymyrb / Depositphotos.com
Alberta moves to legislate early reading and math screenings for young students
EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to make early reading and math screenings mandatory in all classrooms from kindergarten to Grade 3, a step the government says will help schools identify and support stude...
Nov 10, 2025 phodopus / Depositphotos.com
New Alberta committee aims to ease growing classroom pressures
Alberta unveils classroom complexity task force as NDP calls move a delay tactic EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides have launched a new task force to...
Nov 09, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
RMWB wraps up summer construction with major projects progressing across region
Fort McMurray - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says more than 50 infrastructure and community projects moved forward this summer as the 2025 construction season comes to a close. The work r...
Nov 07, 2025 RMWB Crews doing construction project. Image via RMWB.ca
Elder Robert Cree to debut memoir at upcoming Fort McMurray library event
Fort McMurray - Elder and former Fort McMurray First Nation chief Robert Cree will launch his memoir at the Wood Buffalo Regional Library on Nov. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m., an event featuring acclaimed acto...
Nov 07, 2025 Wood Buffalo Regional Library, WBRL.ca web image
UCP Edmonton AGM set to host 4,000 members as one of Canada's largest political conventions
Edmonton - The United Conservative Party will welcome roughly 4,000 members to Edmonton later this month for its 2025 annual general meeting, one of the largest political conventions ever held in Cana...
Nov 07, 2025 miroslav_1 / Depositphotos.com
Delays reported in Alberta's Parent Payment Program after teachers' strike
Edmonton - Some Alberta parents say they are still waiting for provincial payments meant to offset child-care costs during last month's teachers' strike. The province launched the Parent Payment Progr...
Nov 07, 2025 RMWB School Zone, supplied image
Oversized load reaches Fort McMurray area overnight, continues north on Nov. 7
FORT McMURRAY - Drivers travelling on Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray may face delays beginning early Thursday as a massive industrial load continues its journey from Edmonton to the oilsands. The o...
Nov 07, 2025 Massive load heading to Fort McMurray Nov 1-6
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
