EDMONTON - Alberta ministers are marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting investments aimed at encouraging more women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In a joint statement Thursday, Tanya Fir, Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, and Myl...

FORT McMURRAY - Prominent residents of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are being honoured with their names attached to regional landmarks following unanimous votes at a council meeting. The municipality's Community Identification Committee presented three naming motions to council. Councillors approved renami...

FORT McMURRAY - The Athabasca Tribal Council has announced former NHL player and coach Ted Nolan and his sons Brandon and Jordan Nolan as keynote speakers for its upcoming career fair in April. The 3 Nolans will speak at the ATC Career Fair April 15 and 16 at the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre. The event is open to...

FORT McMURRAY. - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has appointed Andrew Boutilier as its new chief administrative officer, effective March 9. The municipality announced the appointment Wednesday following what it described as a competitive recruitment process. Boutilier, a longtime Fort McMurray resident, curre...

FORT McMURRAY - Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Wood Buffalo say a suspect is in custody following a firearm-related call at Frank Spragins High School Wednesday afternoon. Police say officers received a report around 2:42 p.m. that a student had brought a firearm to the school. RCMP responded immediately with assista...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the nation is mourning alongside the community of Tumbler Ridge after a mass shooting at a high school left 10 people dead, including the suspect. Carney, visibly emotional, said flags on federal buildings will fly at half-mast for seven days and confirmed he has cancelled plann...

FORT McMURRAY - The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is seeking feedback from residents on the Abasand Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) pilot project. The project, which has been in place since 2024, has allowed residents to drive their OHV's across specific residential routes to OHV staging areas and then onto th...

OTTAWA - Police reported far fewer crimes related to the sex trade in Canada between 2020 and 2024, continuing a long-term decline following changes to federal law a decade ago, according to new data released today. A new Juristat report from Statistics Canada shows police recorded about 4,300 sex trade-related inciden...

FORT McMURRAY - Canada's oil sector is posting record production levels, driven by continued growth in Alberta's oilsands and rising output from the country's largest producers. Suncor Energy reported average daily production of 909,000 barrels during the fourth quarter of 2025, setting a new company record. Analysts e...

FORT McMURRAY - Alberta separatists continue their struggle to collect signatures in the hope of forcing a referendum on Alberta independence, however new polling and legal realities suggest the movement may be doomed regardless of how many signatures they collect, and Alberta will remain far from achieving actual sepa...