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FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta— Alberta Wildfire has issued a Fire Advisory for the Fort McMurray Forest Area due to the very high fire danger and persistent warm, dry conditions. Under the advisory, no new fire permits will be issued until conditions improve. Existing permits remain valid, but renewals will be reviewed individually. Safe wood campfires are […]

FORT McMURRAY, Alberta — The Fort McMurray International Airport (YMM) has been recognized for its commitment to public health and safety-readiness. Airports Council International recently awarded YMM formal accreditation for Public Health and Safety Readiness, making it the sixth airport in Canada to receive this honor. The accreditation highlights the airport staff’s dedication to the […]

FORT McMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Police in Fort McMurray are asking for assistance in locating a missing person. Michael Hammond was last seen in the downtown area on July 27, 2004. Despite checking locations he is known to frequent, the RCMP have been unable to locate him and are concerned for his well-being. Hammond is […]

Two Albertans have died in separate boating accidents over the long weekend. On Saturday, a young boy drowned on Slave Lake while kayaking with his father. RCMP were alerted after the pair did not reach their planned arrival time and destination. Police searched the lake using boats, drones, and helicopters. The overturned kayak was located […]

One man is dead after a collision between semis yesterday (Mon) on Highway #1.  Indian Head RCMP rushed to a collision on Highway #1 near Wolseley. A semi-truck struck a parked semi on the shoulder. The parked vehicle was unoccupied. The passenger in the moving semi, a 35-year-old Calgary man, was declared dead at the […]

Starting in the 2024-25 school year, a new policy will ban cell phone use during class time across all K-12 schools in Saskatchewan. Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill remarks: “Technology has its place, but too often, cell phones are taking students’ attention away from what they should be learning. This new policy will allow students to […]

Russell RCMP have arrested an ex-priest in connection to a historical sexual assault. On June 13, 2024, Mounties apprehended 81-year-old Constantin Turcoane of Regina for crimes dating back to the early 1970s when he served as a priest in Lennard, Manitoba.  Back in March 2022, a woman in her 60s bravely reported being sexually assaulted […]

Three men are facing charges in connection with a drug trafficking investigation by Yorkton’s Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team, with two also charged with adult kidnapping. Saskatchewan RCMP executed a search warrant at a Yorkton business, arresting 23-year-old Parteek Sandhu. In a related search at a farm south of Yorkton in the R.M of Wallace, 46-year-old […]

Indigenous groups in Alberta are making history with Canada’s largest equity ownership agreement. Seventy-two Indigenous and First Nations communities across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan are acquiring a $1 billion stake in TC Energy’s Nova Gas transmission system and Foothills pipeline. The consortium is purchasing a 5.34 per cent stake in TC Energy’s assets, backed […]

Lyle Stewart, former Agriculture Minister and SaskParty MLA for Thunder Creek and Lumsden-Morse from 1999 until his retirement from politics last year, has passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 73. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement on Facebook Tuesday. Moe described Stewart as “a man of few words…but you always knew […]