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Property crime top concern in Police Priority Survey

Jon TupperApr 11, 2024

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has released the results of the 2024-2025 Annual Policing Priorities Survey. The survey, which involved over 1,000 residents, took place earlier this year to help the Wood Buffalo RCMP set their policing priorities. Over 70 per cent of respondents listed property crime as their number one priority, followed by drug and drug-related offenses at over 40 per cent, and impaired driving as the third…

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RMWB Council fires Economic Development and Tourism Board

Jon TupperApr 10, 20241 min read

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo’s Council is firing the board of Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo Economic Development and Tourism (WBEDT). Following an in-camera meeting of the municipal council on Tuesday night, the Municipality announced that the council voted unanimously to…

A New Era Begins: Harvard Media Launches New Look SportsCage and Riders Broadcast Team

A New Era Begins: Harvard Media Launches New Look SportsCage and Riders Broadcast Team

Harvard Media NewsApr 10, 20244 min read

There will be a new look and sound to Saskatchewan Roughrider broadcasts on 620 CKRM, and the Roughriders Radio Network. At a news conference at Mosaic Stadium, Harvard Media, the broadcast partner of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, announced its new look…

Fire advisory issued for Fort McMurray Forest Area. Image from Alberta Wildfire.

Fire advisory issued for Fort McMurray forest area

Jon TupperApr 9, 20241 min read

Alberta Wildfire is issuing a Fire Advisory for the Fort McMurray Forest Area. The current fire hazard in our region is considered moderate. The advisory is being issued due to current and forecasted conditions in our region. Under the advisory,…

Three people charged with child sexual offenses

Jon TupperApr 9, 20243 min read

** WARNING: The following story contains information that may be disturbing to some readers. ** RCMP have charged three people including two Fort McMurray residents with a litany of offenses involving physical and sexual abuse of children with some offenses…