According to a recent announcement the Fort McMurray Family Crisis Society, also known as Waypoints, will receive additional funding from the provincial government of just over one million dollars. This is money that the organization can greatly use as they try to provide services to families, women, and children. The exact amount of the additional…
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Criminal charges have been filed in a byelection scandal. Gerry Lougheed Jr is facing two separate criminal charges associated with his actions concerning the provincial byelection last February. Lougheed is charged with a single count of unlawfully influencing or negotiating appointments and a single count of counseling an offence not committed. The byelection scandal started…
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The Fort McMurray arena project has caused sticker shock for many people, with a price that is expected to run close to $600 million and a lack of an anchor tenant to offer even some stability and income guarantee, yet the idea is still being pitched as a good one by the ICC. The project…
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Surmont Sand & Gravel has resumed work on the Timberlea sewer upgrade project after the company put a plan in place to minimize the chance of waterline breaks. The business was previously forced to stop their work when 4 water lines were broken within a span of a few days. The RMWB issued the company…
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Two different drug raids in Fort McMurray in the last few weeks have resulted in 6 arrests and the seizure of drugs in an effort to make the local community a safer place and get illegal drugs off the street. According to local law enforcement the police found 300 grams of crack cocaine and almost…
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Fort McMurray has a shortage of midwives. In fact there are not any of these professionals in the region who are registered in Wood Buffalo. This is a cause for concern, both to the local community and to medical professionals in the area. The province of Alberta recently announced provincial funding designed to boost midwife…
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