The recent Lac La Biche all candidates debate was dominated by economic concerns, current taxes, and the oil industry. Only 4 of the 6 candidates for the riding attended the debate. Scott Berry, the Libertarian candidate, and David Yurdiga, the Conservative incumbent, were not able to attend the debate. Liberal candidate Kyle Harrietha, NDP candidate…
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The Fort McKay mobile mammogram clinic will continue again this year, ensuring that women have access to this vital and even life saving medical diagnostic test. The mobile mammogram clinic from Alberta Health Services will return to Fort McKay late this month, and it will be parked once again at the health centre located in…
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The Nutrition North will receive a $32 million investment, and this is intended to help improve the access to food for northern communities. With the announcement of the additional funding many are pushing once more to add Fort Chipewyan to the program. According to a statement by Thomas Mulcair, the NDP Leader, when he stopped…
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A man has been arrested in Edmonton on a warrant from the Wood Buffalo RCMP in connection with two of the Fort McMurray shootings that have occurred this year in the downtown area. 24 year old Saaid Mohiadin was placed under arrest on September 17 of this year, and the arrest was carried out by…
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A new $20 million XPrize competition has been started by a group representing oilsands companies, and the competition is asking people to re-imagine carbon and find new and innovative ways to address this environmental issue. According to Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance chief executive Dan Wicklum the goal of the competition is to identify practical…
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In August the Wood Buffalo Food Bank made organization history, however the history was made because of record numbers of people facing hunger. The food bank handed out 422 food baskets in August pf this year, and that is more than any other previous month. Arianna Johnson, the executive director of the Wood Buffalo Food…
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