The victim of the Conklin homicide on August 11, 2015 has been identified by the police as Tyler David McDermid, a 20 year old man who is thought to be from northern Alberta. When police were called to the area due to an incident report the victim was dead in a residence, and police found…
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A hospital transfer for premature labor and delivery has left a mom stuck with a $30,000 bill. When Alberta mom to be Amy Savill went to Timmins to visit with family she believed that she still had two months to go in her pregnancy. When Savill went into early labor she was rushed to Timmins…
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CUPE, the union that represents Fort MacMurray International Airport workers, has made accusations that the airport administration is either recruiting temporary foreign workers or else they are underpaying migrant workers. The union organization has demanded to know exactly what the working conditions are for the workers who replaced the hired custodial staff. CUPE has said…
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Denis Victor Courchesne, a Fort MacMurray man who was arrested last year in Puerto Rico for possession and production of child pornography, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The sentence was handed down in Puerto Ric recently, and that is where 45 year old Denis will serve the sentence as well. It all…
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A fatal Conklin shooting last Tuesday is still under investigation by the RCMP, and many of the details are still being kept private right now. The shooting ended with a 19 year old man dead, and police without a lot to go on. The victim was from Northern Alberta, and the body was discovered when…
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Syncrude has been hit with an environmental protection order from the Alberta Energy Regulator after 30 blue heron deaths at one of the Syncrude facilities. The order shows that the company must immediately comply with the requests, and they must provide an aerial picture of the site of the accident to the regulator. The aerial…
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