Category Archives: National News
Early Morning House Fire on Diefenbaker Drive Causes Significant Damage
Regional Emergency Services crews responded to a house fire on Diefenbaker Drive just after 4 a.m. Wednesday. Two pumper crews and a ladder truck arrived to find an upstairs bedroom on fire. The resid...
Feb 05, 2025
Black Hawk Helicopter Enhances RCMP Border Security in Alberta
RCMP Deploy Black Hawk Helicopter to Patrol Alberta-U.S. Border A Black Hawk helicopter is now patrolling Alberta's border with the United States as part of the RCMP's efforts to combat illegal activi...
Jan 28, 2025
RCMP Campaign Targets Vehicle Theft Amid Winter Idling Risks
Alberta RCMP Relaunch Operation Cold Start to Curb Vehicle Theft As temperatures dip and Albertans warm their cars, police are launching Operation Cold Start to prevent vehicle thefts. From Jan. 20 to...
Jan 20, 2025
Alberta Braces for Impact as Trump Tariffs Target Oil Exports
Alberta Prepares for Oil Tariffs as Incoming Trump Administration Maintains Tough Stance Albertans should brace for tariffs on the province's oil exports to the United States, Premier Danielle Smith w...
Jan 13, 2025
Fort McMurray Firefighter Among Alberta Team Heading to Aid California Wildfires
A Fort McMurray firefighter is among 40 personnel from Alberta heading to California to assist in battling devastating wildfires near Los Angeles. The team departed from Edmonton yesterday and is expe...
Jan 13, 2025
First-Degree Murder Charge Laid in Fatal Saddle Lake Stabbing
Man Dead, Another Charged with First-Degree Murder in Saddle Lake First Nation Stabbing SADDLE LAKE FIRST NATION, Alta. - A 61-year-old man has died, and another is facing a first-degree murder charge...
Jan 12, 2025
RCMP Seek Public's Help to Locate Missing Fort McMurray Man
UPDATE: Wood Buffalo RCMP advise that Norman Munroe has been located safe. We would like to thank the public and media for their assistance Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for your help in locating 69-ye...
Jan 08, 2025
Alberta Opposes Federal Emissions Cap, Fort McMurray's Economy at Risk
Alberta's Minister of Environment, Rebecca Schulz, has strongly criticized the federal government's proposed oil and gas emissions cap, calling it an "economic wrecking ball." The plan, which mandates...
Jan 08, 2025
RCMP Seek Help to Locate Wanted Man in Fort McMurray
RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating Dillon Shan Peter Redekopp, a wanted man known to frequent Fort McMurray and other areas in northern Alberta. Authorities urge anyone with information...
Jan 08, 2025
Oil Stocks Rally After Trudeau Resignation
Canadian oil and gas stocks rose Monday following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation, with the S&P/TSX energy index climbing nearly 2% before ending the day up 0.79%. In Fort McMurray, th...
Jan 08, 2025
