Tag Archives: Wood Buffalo
Northern Lights Health Foundation's Festival of Trees raises nearly $1 million for local healthcare
FORT McMURRAY - The Northern Lights Health Foundation says this year's Festival of Trees raised $870,000 to support healthcare projects across the Wood Buffalo region. More than 10,000 people attended...
Dec 03, 2025 Festival of Trees 2025
Province credits new tactics for smaller burn area in 2025 wildfire season
EDMONTON - Alberta's wildfire season officially ended on Oct. 31, but provincial officials say dry conditions are keeping the fire risk elevated in several regions. Crews continue to monitor for new s...
Dec 03, 2025 An Electra L188 airtanker drops fire retardant on a wildfire near Grande Prairie in early June. 2025
RCMP expand check stops and urge planning ahead to prevent impaired driving
FORT McMURRAY - Wood Buffalo RCMP are stepping up impaired driving enforcement and winter road safety efforts as holiday gatherings, darker days and slippery streets combine to raise risks on local ro...
Dec 03, 2025 RCMP vehicle, Wikimedia Commons, CC License
RMWB targets pre Christmas opening for Fort Chipewyan winter road
FORT CHIPEWYAN - Construction crews are working to build the Fort Chipewyan Winter Road despite delays caused by unseasonably warm weather, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says. Municipal co...
Dec 02, 2025
Edmonton workers leave CLAC in historic shift to IUOE 955
EDMONTON - More than 800 workers at OEM Remanufacturing have voted to leave the Christian Labour Association of Canada and join the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 955 in what the uni...
Dec 02, 2025 International Union of Operating Engineers
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Alberta MLAs set to vote on motion targeting shrinkflation and skimpflation
EDMONTON - Alberta's New Democrats are pushing for a public inquiry into shrinkflation and skimpflation, arguing rising food prices are leaving families struggling to afford basic groceries. Calgary E...
Dec 02, 2025 Food Banks Canada web image
Fort McKay First Nation welcomes energy deal as major shift in project planning
FORT MCKAY, AB - Fort McKay First Nation says a new memorandum of understanding between Ottawa and Alberta signals long-awaited progress on how major energy projects are planned, approved and s...
Dec 02, 2025 Chief Raymond Powder of the Fort McKay First Nation post on social media
Holiday luncheon brings Indigenous business community together this week
FORT MCMURRAY - The Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association is making a final push for registrations ahead of its annual holiday networking luncheon on Thursday. The event, called Making ...
Dec 02, 2025
OPEC+ holds output steady as global glut fears grow
VIENNA - Despite the thaw in energy relations between Alberta and Ottawa, and growing optimism in Canada's oil sector, OPEC plus will hold production steady through early 2026 as the group braces for ...
Dec 02, 2025 bashta / Depositphotos.com
New oversight body replaces police investigating police in Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta's new Police Review Commission is now fully operational, creating a single independent body to handle policing complaints and oversee disciplinary processes across the province. The...
Dec 02, 2025
