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  Drones interfere with wildfire operations near Fort McMurray, Saprae Creek Estates under evacuation alert

  RCMP say drones are interfering with wildfire operations near the small northern Alberta community of Saprae Creek Estates, southeast of Fort McMurray.

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  Grande Prairie swears in new police chief as questions swirl over need for an Alberta force

  The city's transition to governing its own police force comes as Alberta's public safety minister cites concerns with the province's policing contract with the RCMP, which expires in 2032.

• 'Multiple gunshot wounds': Police investigating suspicious death in northeast Alberta

  Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in northeast Alberta.

• Federal support coming for Indigenous communities ahead of wildfire season

  Alberta First Nations are receiving help from Ottawa ahead of the looming wildfire season, but one First Nation is worried it might not be what's needed.

• Child sexual assault investigations dating back to '05 results in charges against 1 man, 2 women

  Three people have been charged with physical or sexual abuse of children in Edson and Fort McMurray over a lengthy period of time dating back to 2005.

• Syncrude ordered to pay $390K after pleading guilty in 2021 death at Alberta work site

  Syncrude has been ordered to pay nearly $400,000 after pleading guilty in the death of a worker nearly three years ago.

• $166,000 in unrecovered costs for City of Grande Prairie from helping evacuees

  About $166,000 toward helping emergency evacuees may not be recovered by the City of Grande Prairie.

• UCP ignores busing needs of rural Alberta, opposition critic says

  Albertans who live along roads less travelled deserve more passenger routes than providers now offer, says the NDP’s transportation critic.

• 2 arrested after RCMP equipment stolen in northern Alberta

  Mounties say a tip led to the arrest of two people and the recovery of stolen RCMP property Wednesday.

• Man arrested by Wood Buffalo RCMP dies in detachment holding cell

  Alberta's Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called to investigate after a man died while in custody at the Wood Buffalo detachment in Fort McMurray.

• Skunk removal remains in Cold Lake budget for second year in a row

  Popular last year, a taxpayer-funded program to remove skunks from the city of Cold Lake has been renewed for a second year.

• Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta creates law replacing government authority over children

  A confederation of First Nations that includes 23 in northern Alberta has established a new law it says replaces "all government authority" over its children.

• Rural Alberta communities bemoan lack of increased police funding to deal with property crime spikes

  While this year's provincial budget dedicated funding to boost policing in big-city high crime areas, smaller communities dealing with their own crime spikes are left without more support to combat it.

• Peace River teacher suspended after sexual assault charges laid

  A northern Alberta school division has formally suspended a teacher more than two weeks after he was charged with child exploitation.