Category Archives: News
Fort McMurray Welcomes First Baby of 2025
Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo Welcomes First Baby of 2025 The maternity ward at the Northern Lights Health Centre is always bustling, but the first baby of the year arrived just a few hours into 2025, br...
Harvard Media Jan 05, 2025
Firefighters Prevent Spread of Blaze at Keyano College Residences
Fire Damages Keyano College Residences, No Injuries Reported FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Regional Emergency Services (RES) responded to an early morning fire at Keyano College's Reidel residences on Friday...
Harvard Media Jan 05, 2025
Fort McMurray Schools Without Support Staff as Full Strike Begins Tuesday
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Schools across Fort McMurray's Public and Catholic divisions will soon be without support staff. Beginning Tuesday, January 7, CUPE Locals 2559 and 2545 are escalating their job...
Harvard Media Jan 05, 2025
MacDonald Island Park Assault: Police Investigate Stabbing Incident
Youth Arrested After Stabbing at MacDonald Island Park FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A male youth remains in custody following a stabbing at MacDonald Island Park on Saturday evening that left a 41-year-old ...
Harvard Media Jan 05, 2025
RCMP Bust Chop Shop in Athabasca County: Millions in Stolen Goods Seized, Fort McMurray Man Charged
Athabasca RCMP Recover Millions in Stolen Property, Charge Local Man RCMP in Athabasca have uncovered what they believe to be a chop shop containing millions of dollars worth of stolen vehicles and eq...
Harvard Media Jan 02, 2025
Candidate Nominations Open for 2025 RMWB Municipal Election
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is gearing up for the 2025 municipal election. Candidate nominations are now open for the positions of mayor, councillor, and sc...
Harvard Media Jan 02, 2025
New Year's Blaze Destroys Timberlea Townhouse in Fort McMurray
New Year's Fire Destroys Fort McMurray Townhouse FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A townhouse near the Syncrude Athletic Park in Fort McMurray was destroyed in a fire that broke out shortly after midnight on Ne...
Harvard Media Jan 02, 2025
Alberta Targets Youth Vaping with New Tax on E-Cigarette Products
Alberta Implements New Vape Tax Amid Calls for Federal Action on Flavours A new tax on vaping products is now in effect across Alberta, aimed at curbing the use of e-cigarettes, or vapes, among youth....
Harvard Media Jan 01, 2025
US Terror Attack Leaves 15 Dead.
Deadly New Orleans Attack Leaves 15 Dead, Suspect Killed in Police Shootout At least 15 people are dead and dozens more injured after a suspected terror attack early Wednesday on Bourbon Street in New...
Harvard Media Jan 01, 2025
Border Officers Seize $2M in Cocaine Heading into Canada
Canadian Officials Seize 189 Kilograms of Cocaine at US-Alberta Border Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers seized a massive shipment of cocaine heading across the US-Alberta border. Officers...
Harvard Media Dec 30, 2024