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Jan. 5 UPDATE: Wood Buffalo RCMP says Gary Treliving was located safe and thanks the public for their assistance. — Wood Buffalo RCMP is asking for your help finding a missing person. Gary Treliving, a 30-year-old male resident of Fort McMurray, was last seen on January 3, 2024, around 11:00 a.m. near Hospital Street downtown. […]

Cordelia Gayla Eveline Tiemstra Liebau became Fort McMurray’s New Year’s baby at 2:20 AM on New Year’s Day.  Dad Dustin Tiemstra and Mom Michelle Liebau are hoping to be out of hospital Thursday after receiving what they call tremendous care at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre.  Michelle said Cordelia was originally due Christmas day, […]

Three men are facing charges after a string of thefts Thursday morning in Fort McMurray.  Wood Buffalo RCMP first responded at 2:45 AM to multiple calls for a variety of property crimes, including theft, break and enter, and theft of a vehicle. A White 2021 Toyota Tundra was reported stolen from Lindstrom Crescent as part […]

Keyano College is celebrating a $85 thousand donation from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The money is going to support the RBC Career Transition Program at the College over the next two years. The six-week course helps equip students with skills necessary for professional success including business communications, employment strategies, and safety protocols. “We […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP is investigating a firearms complaint in Fort Chipewyan. On January 2, 2024, at 11:09 p.m. RCMP in Fort Chipewyan responded to a firearms complaint in the hamlet located about 270 kilometers north of Fort McMurray. Police were informed that an unknown person had discharged a gun at a residence and then fled […]

Fort Saskatchewan RCMP is investigating a break-and-enter at M&M Meats on 94th Street. RCMP received a report of an alarm in the early hours of Jan. 2, 2024, and found the store broken into upon arrival. The investigation by officers determined the suspect, a lone male, approached the store on a bicycle. He then entered […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP is asking for your help in locating a missing person. 25-year-old Mianne Elaine Lange was reported missing on January 1 and was last seen on December 20th in Fort McMurray. Police are concerned for her wellbeing. Lange is 5 foot 7 inches and about 149 pounds with brown hair and eyes. Anyone […]

The RCMP is requesting assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an attempted robbery. Around 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 28th, a man attempted to rob the Subway Restaurant on Millennium Drive by climbing into the store through the drive-through window. The suspect demanded access to the store staff and threatened the workers. The employees […]

Police in Wood Buffalo have located and arrested a man in connection with the December 5th murder of Russell Shott in Fort McKay. Anton Grandjambe was arrested without incident last Thursday, December 28th, 2023, by Alberta RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit at the Gregoire Lake First Nation, near Fort McMurray. Police had been trying to locate […]

The start of 2024 marks the end of Photo Radar in the RMWB. In November of 2022, our Municipal council voted not to renew the arrangement for Automated Traffic Enforcement in our region. The contract came to a close on December 31. As of Monday, January 1, 2024, there are no photo radar trucks or […]