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Monument will remember students who attended residential school in northern Alberta hamlet
A monument to be built in Fort Chipewyan will honour and remember children who attended Holy Angels Residential School between 1874 and 1974.
Arts groups fear healthcare expansion at Keyano College will hurt region's performance scene
The expansion of healthcare education facilities at Fort McMurray’s only post-secondary institution could come to the detriment of the region’s performing arts scene, some groups fear.
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How a Fort McMurray-to-Grande Prairie highway could be a game-changer for northern Alberta
A planned extension of Highway 686 would connect Fort McMurray to Alberta's northwest. The planning is being done with significant involvement of First Nations. Fort McMurray has long championed the project, saying it would provide the region with economic opportunities and another egress route.
With walls, berms and raised roads, Fort McMurray is working to keep its river from overflowing
Fort McMurray sits at the junction of two rivers, which makes it susceptible to ice jam floods in the spring. It experienced a large ice jam flood in 2020. Now, Fort McMurray has extensive infrastructure to prevent a repeat — and is building more.
One artifact at a time, this museum in northern Alberta is preserving Canada's military history
The Wood Buffalo Military Museum in Fort McMurray, Alta., has thousands of artifacts. Cataloguing them is a priority. The museum is working on digitizing its collection of documents and books, which can be fragile. Yet it still wants its artifacts to be seen by the public.
Fort McMurray, Alta., supportive housing facility fears loss of funding
The Tawâw Indigenous-led supportive housing program in Fort McMurray is meant to help people experiencing homelessness. Now it fears provincial funding cuts — which the facility's residents say could severely impact them.
Fort McMurray woman sentenced to 10 years for child porn, sexual interference
An Alberta judge sentenced a Fort McMurray, Alta., woman to 10 years in prison on Wednesday, after she was convicted of child pornography charges and sexual interference of a minor.
Grande Prairie will save millions of dollars with its new police force, city report says
Grande Prairie is transitioning away from RCMP and establishing its own police force. The Grande Prairie Police Service will take over from RCMP in 2026 and the transition will be finished by 2028. The city expects to spend less on the new police service than it does on RCMP.
Municipality of Wood Buffalo granted exemption from Bill 20 for byelection
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is in the middle of a byelection in one of its wards. It asked the province to exempt the municipality from some of the election process changes introduced with Bill 20.
Experimental bitumen extraction project in Fort McMurray area faces local opposition
A novel bitumen extraction project is being proposed by Drift Resource Technologies, a carbon tech firm. The company says it could have significant environmental benefits for the oilsands industry, but residents of Saprae Creek, a hamlet close to the site of the proposed project, oppose it.