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Bylaw officers seized 97 small breed dogs from a Fort McMurray home after executing a search warrant Tuesday. The dogs are now in the care of the Fort McMurray SPCA and will undergo medical assessments before eventually being made available for adoption. Charges are pending against a person who was at the home.

A tragic mishap in Fort McMurray left Katie Jacobs having to adjust to life in a wheelchair as a quadriplegic. While the Alberta woman is recovering from her severe C4 injury, her neighbours and local Fort Mac businesses have banded together to renovate her new accessible home. Katherine Ludwig reports.

After taking it upon themselves last month to fill potholes on Highway 63, Fort McMurray residents say they’ll do it again if provincial funding doesn’t quickly translate into roadwork. As Katherine Ludwig reports, the province is promising millions of dollars for repairs, but some residents are demanding action soon.

Fort McMurray, Calgary, and Edmonton are among the top five Canadian cities with the highest debt averages, according to the latest Equifax report. The province also leads the country in delinquency rates. Bella Finn has more.

Paving along Highway 63 through Fort MacMurray is set to begin on Monday. This after residents became fed up earlier this summer and began paving the highway themselves. Katherine Ludwig reports.

Some Edmonton homeowners are upset to see parts of their yards eroding into infill excavations next door. An Edmonton couple is stuck in the Caribbean amid the WestJet strike aftermath. People in Fort McMurray rally around a paralyzed woman needing a new home.

People in Fort McMurray are taking matters into their own hands to protest poor road conditions on Highway 63. Locals blocked off a lane on that road Friday to repair potholes themselves. Erik Bay has more on the protest and what the government is doing about maintenance.

It can be a traumatic experience for those who have lived through it. Over 2,000 homes were destroyed and over 88,000 people were forced to evacuate, due to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. With wildfires continuing to burn across B.C. hundreds of families remain under an evacuation alert, ready to leave their homes at a...

As Canada and much of the planet deals with extreme heat and other record-setting weather in recent weeks, there is a warning from some scientists that things could get worse. As Nathaniel Dove reports, the last super El Niño occurred during the same year as the devastating Fort McMurray fire.

Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo Mayor Sandy Bowman met with Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen on Wednesday to discuss the response to the recent spring snowstorm that left hundreds of stranded drivers on Highway 63 without food, water, or proper communication for almost 24 hours. Bowman is looking for answers before figuring out who will...

Sunday marked 10 years since the people of Fort McMurray, Alta., experienced the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. A fast-moving wildfire raced through the city, causing widespread damage and panic with 88,000 people forced to evacuate. A decade later, Fort McMurray is still being rebuilt. Erin Chalmers reports on what’s changed and what still...

In May 2016, nearly 90,000 people fled the Fort McMurray region as a wildfire dubbed The Beast tore through the northern Alberta city, destroying thousands of homes and businesses. For the 10th anniversary, Erin Chalmers looks at how Fort Mac has grown from the ashes into a stronger, more resilient community.

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo issued an evacuation alert for residents of Draper, about 12 kilometres southeast of Fort McMurray along the banks of the Clearwater River, due to ice jams and the risk of flooding.

Hundreds of people were stuck in whiteout blizzard conditions for nearly a day and a half on Highway 63. Some Fort McMurray locals banded together to collect donations of food, fuel and water to take to people stranded on the road. Katherine Ludwig reports.

Accusations abound as politicians bicker over the leak of millions of Albertans’ personal information on a separatist website. A new study finds foreign actors are creating false and misleading content about Alberta separatism. Leaders from Fort McMurray look for answers from the province over the response to the Highway 63 snowstorm that left drivers stranded.

U.S. President Donald Trump is looking over a new 14-point proposal submitted by Iran last week that calls for an end to the war within 30 days. As Candice Cole reports, Trump has already signaled he’s prepared to reject the new terms. Oil exports to countries such as Syria have been an economic lifeline for...

Elections Alberta’s timeline of events is questioned as voters react to their personal information being a separatist group’s public website. The Edmonton Oilers are eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Fort McMurray wildfire, 10 years later: a look back at ‘The Beast’ that drove 90,000 people from their homes.

AHS enacts a ‘one bag, one visitor’ policy in the Royal Alexandra Hospital E.R. Fears of Clearwater River flooding prompt an evacuation alert for residents living near Fort McMurray. Albertans push back on the provincial government’s referendum website with their own ‘Referendumb’ site. Chronic cancer patients share their life stories via art as part of...

People stuck for a day in a snowstorm on Highway 63 near Fort McMurray are frustrated with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the province and RCMP on what they say was a lack of emergency response. However, officials say emergency crews and plows were responding, but the high snow drifts also made it difficult....

Nearly 24 hours later, the road closures are still in place in a notoriously isolated area of Alberta. RCMP said whiteout conditions have led them to close Highway 63 northbound between Wandering River and Fort McMurray and both lanes of traffic south of Mariana Lake and Fort McMurray. Highway 811 is also closed, north of...