The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is under a fire ban that is province wide. This ban includes the Urban Service Area of Fort McMurray and the Fort McMurray Forest Protection Area. The fire ban was implemented because of the weather, which has been hot and extremely dry lately. Provincial areas under the fire ban…
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When 28 year old Chad Mason came into contact with a peace officer the Fort MacMurray man was wanted in Stony Plain, Alta.. Instead of being honest Mason ended up lying to police about his name. On Monday Mason entered a guilty plea in Fort McMurray Provincial Court. According to Crown Prosecutor Christine Gagnon told…
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A Fort MacMurray man has been arrested after a neighbourhood argument turned into a case of intimidation by chainsaw. The argument occurred last Wednesday evening, apparently over some noise coming from the property of the man who was eventually arrested and charged. This is not something that happens every day. In spite of the fact…
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A local garage sale for charity has helped out a local women’s shelter, and this is just another example of the community coming together to help others out. The event raised $7,000 for the Fort McMurray Family Crisis Society’s Unity House women’s shelter. The Royal LePage True North Realty’s National Garage Sale for Shelter event…
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Wood Buffalo residents can expect more road closures in the downtown area thanks to the start of the 2015 construction season and a number of planned upgrades to the roads and other infrastructure in the works. Some of the upgrades include road repaving or replacement, water and sewer main upgrades, and adding sidewalks, curbs, and…
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According to recent reports the oilsands region unemployment rate is very high, even higher than the average for the province and the nation as a whole. The rate of unemployment in the area has doubled in the last year. According to Data Statistics Canada the unemployment rate for the Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake region was 8.3%…
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