Little Buffalo

• Wildfire prompts evacuation order for Little Buffalo community in northern Alberta

  Residents of the northern Alberta community of Little Buffalo were put on a mandatory evacuation order late Friday night because of a wildfire threatening the area.

  Weather

  Jun 30, 2023
  
• Alberta’s Lubicon Lake First Nation inks land deal with feds, province: ‘Time to move on’

  Alberta's Lubicon Lake First Nation expects to mark the end of a decades-long fight for recognition on Tuesday, when it signs off on its land claim with the province and the federal government.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2018
  
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• Lubicon band settles long-standing land claim for $113M and swath of land

  After decades of failed negotiations, broken promises, standoffs, arrests and global condemnation, Alberta, Canada, and the Lubicon Lake Band have announced a landmark land settlement and compensation deal.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2018
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• Timeline: Major recent spills on the Prairies

  As an oil spill cleanup continues in the North Saskatchewan River, here's a look at some spills of oil and other materials on the Prairies in recent years.

  Environment

  Jul 22, 2016
• Prentice welcomes new federal negotiator for stalled Lubicon treaty talks

  Progress could be coming for a decades-old dispute over a treaty for the Lubicon Cree in Alberta.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2015
• Northern Alberta school put on lockdown after shooting threat

  Three men are in RCMP custody after a threat was allegedly made to bring a rifle to Little Buffalo School.

  Crime

  Jun 19, 2014
• Pipeline spills more than 5000 litres of oil in northern Alberta

  An pipeline operated by Pennwest Exploration has leaked more than 5000 litres of oil in northern Alberta and co-ordination of clean-up efforts is being hampered by flooding at the company's head office in Calgary.

  Jun 23, 2013