Category Archives: News
RCMP release new surveillance footage from attempted break and enters
GMC Sierra Crew Cab with Box Cover potentially involved in B&E. RCMP Supplied Image Wood Buffalo RCMP is continuing the investigation into Monday's attempted break and enters with the assistance o...
Nov 22, 2023
Tourism in Alberta and Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo rebounding
Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo Economic Development and Tourism Alberta's tourism sector is rebounding from pandemic lows, including here in Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo. The province says the recovery in A...
Nov 21, 2023
Province launches online healthcare survey
Edmonton: Alberta legislature The province is launching an online survey on healthcare in Alberta. The Government of Alberta is continuing to reshape healthcare delivery, and they are reaching out to ...
Nov 21, 2023
AHS is back with Toys for Tickets program
Christmas Gifts under Tree. Image by Kelvin Kay under Wikimedia Creative Commons. AHS is back with its Toys for Tickets program. If you've received a parking ticket from Alberta Health Services betwee...
Nov 21, 2023
Bylaw Services' photo radar locations for week of November 20
Photo Radar The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's Bylaw Services is out with the list of Photo Radar locations the week of November 20th. Drivers can look for Automated Traffic Enforcement to se...
Nov 20, 2023
IBC estimates NWT fires cost over $60 million
Yellowknife Hay wildfire, Image courtesy of IBC media release. The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is tallying the costs of the summer fires in Yellowknife and Hay River. Based on IBC's initial estim...
Nov 20, 2023
Wood Buffalo RCMP investigate attempted break and enters, suspects sought
Suspects in Timberlea attempted B&E. RCMP Supplied surveillance image The RCMP is investigating a string of attempted break-ins in Fort McMurray. During the overnight hours of November 20th, police re...
Nov 20, 2023
UPDATE: Police locate missing person
Police seeking missing person, Owen West. RCMP supplied poster. Update Monday, November 20: 6:08 a.m. Wood Buffalo RCMP advises that Owen West has been located safe. RCMP thank the media and public fo...
Nov 19, 2023
Cantaloupes and fresh fruit recalled due to salmonella
Cantaloupes and fruit were recalled due to salmonella. Image provided by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency If you're planning on having some fresh fruit as a snack you might want to check the label....
Nov 19, 2023
Federal Court strikes down plastics classification
Single-use plastic straw. Image from Wikimedia Commons. It might be the last straw for the federal government's prohibition of single-use plastics. On Thursday, a federal judge struck down the governm...
Nov 16, 2023