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Regional Emergency Services (RES) made a presentation to Council to discuss Emergency Medical Services (EMS) delivery in the Wood Buffalo region. RES discussed it is a third-party contractor through Alberta Health Services (AHS) that provides EMS delivery in the region. AHS was created in 2008 and began management of funding for EMS across the province. […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP are investigating a suspicious death at a residence in Timberlea. RCMP responded to a complaint of a suspicious death around 7:45 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2023. A man was located by RCMP in his basement suite with suspicious injuries. An autopsy was performed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on […]

Why reboot a show that people still watch religiously?

September 26, 2023, 1:00 p.m. Update: Wood Buffalo RCMP advises that Charlotte Mackey has been located safe. — Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for your help in finding a missing 43-year-old woman. Charlotte Mackey was last seen on September 25, driving her black 2014 Toyota Four Runner SUV, Alberta license plate CCD 0801, according to […]

Bylaw Services is out with their list of Photo Radar locations for the week of September 25th. Motorists can look for Automated Traffic Enforcement to set up near the following locations: While these roads will be the focus for photo radar, drivers are reminded that the unit may move around to other approved locations within […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wood Buffalo (BBBS Wood Buffalo) is announcing Julie Penney as their new Executive Director (ED). Penney takes over the role from outgoing ED Vanessa MacNevin, who has been with the organization for the past eight years. Mac Nevin recently took on the role of ED for the Northern Lights Health […]

Fun sold separately.

Might sound like a great Saturday night on paper for some, but the Lumberjack in question is the ride at Canada’s Wonderland. Some theme park revelers “became inverted” and remained that way for 30 minutes this weekend. Everyone walked away without injury or incident, but it can’t have been a comfortable half hour. What kind […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP along with the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit are investigating the suspicious death of a man in Fort McMurray. In the early hours of Sunday, September 24th, Wood Buffalo RCMP were called to a report of gunshots in a Thickwood neighbourhood. Moments later police received another 911 call from someone reporting a […]

Drugs, cash, and a firearm have been seized following an investigation by ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams). The man is accused of selling drugs from his home while under house arrest. ALERT and Wood Buffalo RCMP executed a search warrant on Sept.14, 2023, at a home in the Timberlea community. A sawed-off semi-automatic firearm, […]