Category Archives: Local News
Wood Buffalo Mounties arrest 21 people in drug bust
Police in Fort McMurray have charged two people with unrelated matters following the arrest of 21 people in a drug trafficking investigation. Wood Buffalo RCMP says the arrests happened at a Hill Driv...
Oct 23, 2025
Alberta teachers could be facing back to work legislation
Focus is on the Alberta legislature as Premier Danielle Smith's government is preparing to introduce its throne speech Thursday to begin the fall sitting. The province wide teachers strike is now ente...
Oct 22, 2025
5th Annual Grow Women Leaders Summit, Meet Dr. Fiona Edwards
The Grow Women Leaders Summit kicks off today at the Edmonton Convention Centre. Bringing employers, HR Leaders, policymakers, investors, and changemakers to tackle one of Canada's most urgent challen...
Oct 22, 2025
Keyano College to host open house this weekend in Wood Buffalo
Keyano College in Fort McMurray is hosting an open house this weekend for those looking to explore programs and career opportunities available in northern Alberta. Visitors can meet instructors, tour ...
Oct 22, 2025
Parks Canada releases two reports on Jasper fire confirming cause
Two new reports on last year's devastating wildfire in Jasper, Alta., confirm the blaze was caused by lightning and accelerated by "tornado-force fire-generated" winds and dry conditions. The fire, wh...
Oct 21, 2025 The remains of a home smoulder in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Tracy Barry Founder | CEO, Grow Women Leaders Summit
The GROW Women Leaders Summit kicks off tomorrow until October 24 at the Edmonton Convention Centre bringing employers, HR leaders, policymakers, investors, and changemakers to tackle one of Canada's ...
Oct 21, 2025
Indigenous Services failing to improve critical First Nations services in Canada, audit says
Indigenous Services Canada is falling far behind on its efforts to address long-standing health and infrastructure problems in First Nations communities, the federal auditor general said in a report r...
Oct 21, 2025
Leduc man facing over 100 charges including child luring after ALERT investigation
ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has laid an additional 86 charges against a Leduc man arrested for alleged luring and making child sexual abuse material earlier this year. The Alberta L...
Oct 21, 2025
2025 Okimaw Award recipients announced
CFWE North, CJWE South and 89.3 the Raven are media partners of the 2025 Okimaw Awards, November 15 in Edmonton. Introducing this year's Recipients: Service and Public Safety - Lambert Fox Cult...
Oct 20, 2025
Stony Plain St. Matthews Lutheran Church Prepares Fall Clothing Giveaway
St. Matthew Lutheran Church will host a free Fall Clothing Giveaway on October 25, from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. in Stony Plain. Nicole Colban, a volunteer for the Fall Clothing Giveaway, tells CFWE she's th...
Oct 20, 2025
