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New Year’s Fire Destroys Fort McMurray Townhouse FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A townhouse near the Syncrude Athletic Park in Fort McMurray was destroyed in a fire that broke out shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day. Regional Emergency Services received multiple calls reporting a blaze at a townhouse complex on O’Coffey Crescent in the Timberlea […]

A speedster on a motorcycle that tore through the downtown, Thickwood, and Timberlea neighbourhoods has been arrested.  Wood Buffalo RCMP were conducting standard patrol on Highway 63 near Franklin Avenue just after midnight on Tuesday morning when they noticed the motorcyclist travelling at high speed, approaching 150 km/hr toward downtown.  The motorcycle was lost momentarily […]

Aiming to improve public transportation within Fort McMurray, the RMWB is making improvements to several bus routes. The changes come in response to feedback from transit users and will help reduce overcrowding on some routes.  Starting Friday, March 8, additional evening service is being added on several key routes in Fort McMurray.  Route 7 – […]

The Fort McMurray Public School Division (FMPSD) has announced the winners of their “Christmas Card Design Challenge”. Two students were selected as the winners after some thoughtful consideration. The designs selected were created by grade 12 student, Avalon Murrin, who attends Ecole McTavish High School and Frank Spragins High School, and grade 5 student, Paige […]

RCMP has one man in custody and is looking for another after a cocaine trafficking investigation. A search warrant was executed on Nov. 17, 2023, at a home on Sparrow Hawk Green in Timberlea. 60.49 grams of suspected cocaine, with a street value of $8,300, was located by the Wood Buffalo RCMP Drug Section and […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP is continuing the investigation into Monday’s attempted break and enters with the assistance of their Forensic Identification Unit and Crime Reduction Unit. Police have obtained additional surveillance images showing a blue GMC Sierra Crew cab with a box cover which is believed to be associated with the three suspects. The vehicle may […]

Nov. 14, 2023, 7:00 a.m. UPDATE: Jason Billy Laliberte has been located safely by RCMP. — Wood Buffalo RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating missing 32-year-old, Jason Billy Laliberte. Jason was last seen in Timberlea on Halloween but was reported missing by his family on Nov. 7, 2023. He is known to have lived […]

A Fort McMurray resident is facing one count of second-degree murder following the death of a person in Timberlea. Matthew Thomas Cooper (39) is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of 43-year-old Norman Lineham, also from Fort McMurray. On the evening of September 21st, RCMP responded to a complaint of a suspicious […]

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 […]

Police were called to respond to two collisions between vehicles and pedestrians in Timberlea earlier this week. At approximately 5:45 p.m. on August 30, Wood Buffalo RCMP responded to a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian near Paquette Drive. The pedestrian was on a scooter during impact and sustained minor injuries. RCMP says […]