The unemployment rate for the oilsands has dropped a little, but it is still higher than the national and provincial averages according to Statistics Canada. In May the rate for the area was 8.6%, and that has gone down to 8.0%. Many of the energy companies which operate in the oilsands believe that the unemployment…
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A 5 year old girl was injured in a dog attack and the Wood Buffalo RCMP are trying to track down the owner of the dog or anyone who witnessed the attack last Tuesday. The child was riding her bike in the area close to Rattlepan Creek Drive in Timberlea. The girl was on the…
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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allen Adam is warning that every Canadian will pay a price for the current environmental policies in place after the recent blue heron deaths at the Syncrude site. Around 30 of the majestic birds died and this has upset environmentalists. The blue heron is not a protected species but it…
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A new helipad at Northern Lights Regional Health Centre is on hold while officials go over the design options available. Alberta Health Services has announced the delay and the reasons behind it. The early designs were not ideal according to hospital officials, and different choices are being considered. NLRHC site director David Matear discussed the…
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CNRL is the second big oil company to blame an Alberta tax increase for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses during their second quarter of operations. The entire oil industry saw losses last year because of the drop in global oil prices, but some energy companies are seeing current losses that they link with…
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Fentanyl deaths in Alberta are on the rise, and province officials are distributing emergency overdose kits in order to help fight the increase. Just 4 short years ago the number of Fentanyl deaths in Alberta was 6, today that number stands at more than 50. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, and it can be 100…
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