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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she received no indication from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend that he plans to back down on implementing hefty tariffs on Canadian products. But Smith says cutting off oil and gas exports to the south in retaliation, which is something the federal government hasn’t ruled out, isn’t feasible. […]

Saskatchewan’s new provincial police force has begun interviewing Mounties as it prepares to launch this year, a move critics say highlights concerns of job poaching. Chief Marshal Robert Cameron of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service says the force has received interest from across the country for its positions, including officers from Saskatchewan. A spokesperson with the marshals later confirmed […]

Man Dead, Another Charged with First-Degree Murder in Saddle Lake First Nation Stabbing SADDLE LAKE FIRST NATION, Alta. — A 61-year-old man has died, and another is facing a first-degree murder charge following a stabbing on the Saddle Lake First Nation, located about 270 kilometres south of Fort McMurray. On January 8, RCMP from St. […]

British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. Ravi Parmar says in a video posted to social media Saturday afternoon that The B.C. Wildfire Service’s crews had left the province and are expected to touch down […]

“Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015. Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official swearing-in at […]

The Swan Valley, Mountain View, and Park West School Divisions have been alerted about a cyber security event. It has impacted a system called “Power School”, and some of the data has been accessed. The target of the cyber attack, or intrusion was “Power School” and not the school divisions themselves. Some schools around North […]

UPDATE: Wood Buffalo RCMP advise that Norman Munroe has been located safe. We would like to thank the public and media for their assistance Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for your help in locating 69-year-old Norman Munroe, a Fort McMurray resident who’s been reported missing. Munroe was last in contact with his family on Christmas […]

Alberta’s Minister of Environment, Rebecca Schulz, has strongly criticized the federal government’s proposed oil and gas emissions cap, calling it an “economic wrecking ball.” The plan, which mandates a 35% emissions cut by 2030, could cut production by one million barrels a day and result in up to 150,000 job losses nationwide, according to Alberta’s […]

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating Dillon Shan Peter Redekopp, a wanted man known to frequent Fort McMurray and other areas in northern Alberta. Authorities urge anyone with information on Redekopp’s whereabouts to contact Wood Buffalo RCMP immediately. Police also caution the public not to approach him.

Canadian oil and gas stocks rose Monday following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation, with the S&P/TSX energy index climbing nearly 2% before ending the day up 0.79%. In Fort McMurray, the reaction was one of cautious optimism. “Trudeau’s policies made Canada’s oil and gas sector uncompetitive,” said Heather Exner-Pirot of the Business Council of Canada. […]