The newly-released document contradicts previous claims that temporary oil patch rule changes were aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.

Trips into and out of the First Nation will be limited to one per day, and travel within the community is strongly discouraged.

This is not how you pursue "ethical oil," said Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Archie Waquan.

Almost all wildlife and bird monitoring, often done by remote cameras, is suspended, as is testing for leaks of methane.

Alberta's highest court has overturned regulatory approvals for a $440-million oilsands mine that would have encroached on land a local First Nation considers sacred.

A First Nation community in northern Alberta announced Friday it is setting up checkpoints to keep visitors away over concerns about the potential spread of the novel coronavirus.

The Alberta government says it will appeal a ruling that gives the province 10 days to make a decision on a bitumen recovery project in the oilsands.

The Alberta government and the Fort McKay First Nation have agreed to meet again in three months to decide the fate of one of the last areas in the band's territory that hasn't been impacted by oilsands development.

Fort McKay First Nation has been negotiating for two decades with the province to protect Moose Lake, west of the townsite.

Chief Mel Grandjamb spoke to reporters on the same day the Fort McKay First Nation's lawyers were in court to argue that the Alberta Energy Regulator's June 2018 approval of Prosper Petroleum Ltd.'s Rigel project should be overturned.