Category Archives: Local News
Spruce Grove launches online guide showcasing attractions, hidden gems
The City of Spruce Grove has launched a new online destination guide designed to help visitors discover what Spruce Grove has to offer. Called "The Grove Guide", its creation is surrounded on highligh...
Nov 05, 2025 Screenshot taken from thegroveguide.ca
Chuck Isaacs speaks on importance of Indigenous Veterans Day
November 8th is National Indigenous Veterans Day, a moment to recognize and honor the service and sacrifices of Indigenous veterans across Canada. CFWE spoke with Retired Sgt. Chuck Issacs, President ...
Nov 05, 2025
Boil Water Advisory still in effect for Fort Chipewyan
The boil water advisory is still in effect for Fort Chipewyan, with no word on when it will be lifted. AHS issued the advisory after a depressurization in the water distribution system at the municipa...
Nov 04, 2025
Indigenous programs facing cuts in new federal budget
Indigenous programs are looking at more than $2 billion dollars in budget cuts in Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget. The Liberal minority government's 2025 spending plan, tabled in the House o...
Nov 04, 2025
Food costs continue to soar in Alberta, nationwide
Food costs have been increasing for more than a year, with grocery inflation swinging upward since April 2024, according to Statistics Canada. Chances are you paid four per cent more at the grocery st...
Nov 04, 2025
Indigenous input influencing education in northern Alberta
A partnership joining the Werklund School of Education, Peace Wapiti Public School Division and Pembina Pipeline Corporation is helping to create new ways of learning in northern Alberta. It's all in ...
Nov 04, 2025
Alberta schools could see early learning screening tests become law
New education legislation would make provincially mandated screening tests in literacy and numeracy classified as law - a new move for provincial government assessments. Education Minister Demetrios N...
Nov 04, 2025
Canadian women's hockey team roster unveiled for Rivalry Series games in U.S.
Hockey Canada has named the 25 players for the women's team facing the host United States in the first two games of the Rivalry Series. The three goalies, eight defenders and 14 forwards announced Mon...
Nov 03, 2025 Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring her sides second goal during the semi final match between Canada and Finland at the Women's Ice Hockey Championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Landscape of moose hunting south of Fort McMurray could be changing
A new noise study is underway to combat what's being called "highway hunting." The term has been coined since hunters often don't have to leave or go far from their vehicles if they spot an animal, us...
Nov 03, 2025
$40 million to be allocated by the province to EMS vehicles
Alberta is assigning additional cash for Emergency Medical Services as part of Budget 2025. The provincial health minister is supplementing EMS funding by $56 million dollars to make sure crews have t...
Nov 03, 2025
