Tag Archives: Wood Buffalo
Breaking: Canada Post workers launch nationwide strike over home delivery cuts
OTTAWA - Canada Post employees have walked off the job in a nationwide strike after the federal government approved plans for the corporation to phase out door-to-door mail delivery. The Canadian Unio...
Sep 25, 2025 ValeStock / Depositphotos.com
Keyano College highlights impact of $715,000 in financial support for learners
Keyano College distributes more than $715,000 in student awards FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Keyano College says it handed out more than $715,000 in student awards last year, helping hundreds of learners co...
Sep 25, 2025 Nursing student Morgan Gros, supplied photo
Local School Divisions await vote by Teacher's Union.
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Both Fort McMurray school divisions say they are awaiting the results of a ratification vote on a tentative contract reached between the Alberta Government and the Teachers' Emplo...
Sep 25, 2025 serezniy / Depositphotos.com
Alberta moves to stabilize auto insurance with cap, new system in 2027
EDMONTON - Alberta drivers with clean records will continue to see their insurance rates capped as the provincial government extends its good-driver rate program through 2026. Finance Minister Nate Ho...
Sep 25, 2025 kalinovsky / Depositphotos.com
Wood Buffalo RCMP seek help finding missing Fort McMurray man
Update, September 25, 9:00 a.m.: Alberta RCMP have reported through their official social media page that Anthony Simms has been located safe. RCMP are thanking the public for helping locate Simms. FO...
Sep 24, 2025 Anthony Simms Missing, RCMP Poster
Edmonton teachers charged with child exploitation offences after ICE investigation
EDMONTON - Two Edmonton men, including a high school teacher and a music instructor, have been charged with child sexual exploitation offences following an investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement...
Sep 24, 2025
TikTok privacy investigation finds safeguards for children inadequate
OTTAWA - A joint investigation by Canada's privacy watchdog and three provincial counterparts has found TikTok failed to adequately protect children's personal information, raising concerns about how ...
Sep 24, 2025 mhensv / Depositphotos.com
Porter Airlines postpones Fort McMurray-Ottawa flights to spring 2026
FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Porter Airlines is pushing back the launch of its new nonstop route between Fort McMurray and Ottawa until spring 2026. The airline had originally planned to begin service on Nov....
Sep 23, 2025 Porter Airlines, 132-seat Embraer. Supplied image
Updated screening units roll into Fort McMurray to fight breast cancer
New mobile breast cancer screening units roll into Fort McMurray FORT McMURRAY, AB. - Women in Fort McMurray and across northern Alberta will now have access to state-of-the-art mobile breast cancer s...
Sep 23, 2025 Alberta Cancer Foundation Mobile Mammography Unit
Fort McMurray school division introduces digital wellness policy for teachers
Letter to parents outlines plan for staff to disconnect outside school hours FORT MCMURRAY, AB. - The Fort McMurray Public School Division is implementing a new policy aimed at improving work-life bal...
Sep 21, 2025 RMWB School Zone, supplied image
