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Jimmy Allen Fransen, 51, of Fort McMurray, Sherina Maria Handsor, 43, of Sandy Beach, and Brenda Disher (also known as Brenda Fransen), of Fort McMurray, are facing child abuse charges. Nicole Di Donato has the details.

Tour boat operator Jason Llyod had to evacuate the Fort McMurray wildfires 8 years ago, and now his business is struggling after this summer’s fires in Kelowna. He talks about his plea for help for those in the same boat as him.

The efforts to get evacuees out of Fort Chipewyan were ramped up Wednesday and the Canadian Armed Forces is using a C-130J Hercules to airlift people south to Fort McMurray. Kendra Slugoski has the latest on the noon news.

Wildfires have been raging across Alberta for months, a trend we’re seeing going upwards in the past decade. Author John Vallant has been taking a closer look at the wildfires in our province following the fire in Fort McMurray in 2016. He joined us on Global News Morning Edmonton to talk about his book ‘Fire...

The province will be lowering a fire ban to a fire restriction in certain parts of the forest protection area of Alberta, allowing some fires in specific locations. The Fort McMurray and High Level Forest areas along with Yellowhead County will remain under a fire ban.

In 2016, a fire so big it was dubbed “The Beast” consumed Fort McMurray — now, a beast of a different kind is taxing resources across Alberta. More than 80 wildfires are raging, affecting dozens of communities to the north, west and south of Edmonton. As Morgan Black explains, it’s a challenging situation for both...

It’s even more dry across Alberta right now than it was when Fort McMurray went up in flames in 2016. Experts say between the low humidity, hot weather and strong winds, conditions are prime, not only for wildfires to start, but also to spread. As Sarah Ryan explains, fire bans are popping up all over...

Alberta’s UCP announced cancer coverage for Fort McMurray wildfire firefighters on Monday, but the Opposition NDP and Alberta Professional Fire Fighters & Paramedics Association say the details in the bill are different than what province said it would be. As Saif Kaisar reports, the government rejected calls to make it easier for firefighters to get...

Anger is mounting in Alberta after a leak of wastewater at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands site, north of Fort McMurray, was initially kept secret from the public for months. The spill, one of the largest in Alberta’s history, was first discovered in May 2022. Heather Yourex-West explains how much wastewater escaped, who else was kept...

One person died Tuesday night due to the flooding happening in the Fort McMurray area, the region’s mayor confirmed Wednesday afternoon. Breanna Karstens-Smith has more.

Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon provided an update Wednesday on the flooding both in the Fort McMurray area to the northeast and Fort Vermilion in the northwestern Peace River region, confirming no tailings ponds have been affected and water levels are dropping.

Several hundred evacuees from Fort McMurray have made their way to Lac La Biche for shelter. As Dallas Flexhaug reports, the tiny community is more than happy to welcome those who have already suffered so much.

On Friday, Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon said the Athabasca River ice jam had reduced from 25 to nine kilometres long in the Fort McMurray area and the Clearwater River ice jam was melting. He updated the situation in northwestern Alberta, saying while in Fort Vermilion the Peace River had receded, the ice jam...

The receding flood waters is good news for Fort McMurray businesses: many of them needed to rebuild are right in the downtown. Breanna Karstens-Smith speaks to businesses trying to survive the flood.

Warning: This video contains disturbing content. Discretion advised. Dashcam footage from court exhibits shows Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation being tackled and punched in the head by RCMP officers during his arrest outside a casino in Fort McMurray on March 10. The nearly 12-minute long video also captured the moments leading...

Four Alberta mayors are warning that waiting for an ambulance will soon take longer, and that could endanger lives. The province is changing how EMS is dispatched in Calgary, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Fort McMurray, and as Breanna Karstens-Smith explains, the mayors are promising to fight the changes.

The UCP nomination contest is now open in the Alberta riding of Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche. Former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean is seeking the nomination and he and Premier Jason Kenney are already taking public jabs at each other. Tom Vernon reports.

The former leader of the Wildrose Party wants to jump back into Alberta politics. As Tom Vernon explains on the noon news, Brian Jean announced he is seeking the United Conservative nomination in Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche.

A volunteer-led team of veterans who helped Fort McMurray recover from disaster has begun heirloom recovery on Lytton First Nation land after a wildfire devastated the village June 30.

Fires, floods, the pandemic and a recession has meant years of business struggles and closures in Fort McMurray. But as Fletcher Kent tells us, there’s now some cautious economic optimism emerging.