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Inquiry Boards Prepare Reports After Talks Fail to Resolve School Division Labor Disputes FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — Dispute Inquiry Boards are preparing reports for Alberta’s Ministry of Labour after talks aimed at resolving labor disputes between support workers and both Catholic and Public school divisions failed this week. On Tuesday, an inquiry board met with […]

Rain put a damper on harvest progress in Saskatchewan this past week but some progress was still made and is welcomed by producers in drier areas. Harvest is at 79 per cent complete, up from 74 per cent the previous week and ahead of the five year average of 75 per cent and ten year […]

Alberta’s Minister of Energy and Minerals, Brian Jean, is vocally opposing comments made by federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson regarding the future of the oil and gas sector in Canada. Earlier this week, Wilkinson stated that oil production is expected to peak in 2024 and suggested that the oil and gas market is on […]

The Alberta government is introducing changes to the Police Act aimed at ensuring communities have a greater say in how they are policed by the RCMP. Amendments to the Act will establish mandatory civilian governance bodies for RCMP detachments serving communities with populations over 15,000. The new governance bodies will be responsible for overseeing RCMP […]

REGINA – Opposition New Democrats are levelling a new conflict of interest accusation against Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill, this time for potential insider trading. At an NDP media availability outside the Legislature, their ethics and democracy critic Meara Conway told reporters Cockrill was now under a second active investigation from the Conflict of Interest Commissioner […]

Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response is investigating an officer-involved shooting yesterday (Tues) on the Fishing Lake First Nation.  Mounties from several detachments began searching for 34-year-old Joseph “Joey” Desjarlais yesterday (TUES), following reports he was in the Fishing Lake First Nation area.  The Fishing Lake First Nation man was wanted in connection with armed robberies in […]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — Parker and Cruze Flett, founders of the Wahkohtowin Sports Circle, have launched their 2024 Game Changer Campaign to support Indigenous youth in Wood Buffalo. Formerly known as The Fort Mac Hockey Bros, the brothers aim to provide new sports gear and opportunities for rural Indigenous children to participate in any sport […]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — RCMP in Fort McMurray are asking for the public’s help in locating Darwin James Schmidt, a 48-year-old man reported missing on September 23, 2024. Schmidt was last seen at his residence in the Timberlea area on September 19, 2024. He was confirmed to have been seen in downtown Fort McMurray at […]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — RCMP in Wood Buffalo are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 46-year-old man. Michael Stanley Hammond, a resident of the region, was last seen in Fort McMurray on July 27 and is believed to have last communicated with friends on Aug. 15. Hammond is described as 5 feet 10 […]

The Cattle Market Update from Canfax shows available prices for feeder heifers in Saskatchewan were mostly up while two feeder steer weight categories had enough data to record a price, but not enough to compare week-over-week changes. In the update for the week ending September 20, the price for 400-500 pound feeder steers was $446.50 […]