The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council will examine the current operating budget in an effort to cu around $14 million out. This is a precaution in case oil revenues do not pick up and the municipality faces future losses of revenue as a result of lower oil prices. At an audit and budget committee…
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Fort MacMurray Mayor Melissa Blake discussed the economy last week with a Parliamentary committee, and she told the committee that the Wood Buffalo area has been through oil price drops before and that one of the important lessons learned in the past was how to get ready for a rebound. Blake spoke to Parliament’s Standing…
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The RCMP is investigating a Gregoire homicide, and so far few details have been released. On March 17, at approximately 8 am, the police received a call from emergency medical services about a man receiving treatment who had been stabbed and was found in the road. The victim was transported to Northern Lights Regional Health…
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The Snack Attack program in Fort MacMurray schools has been a big success, o successful that it has been expanded to include Janvier students as well. This move was made possible by a very generous sponsor as well as the Wood Buffalo Food Bank, and it means that fewer children will experience hunger in the…
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The caretaker assault of a 92 year old patient in a care home has many seeing red and expressing outrage, and some say that the three people responsible should face very severe punishment. The family of 92 year old Ulrich Wissner started to see personality changes in the man in the fall of 2013. The…
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A partnership between the Alberta government and the First Nations is intended to help provide a better education to First Nations students. Education Minister Gordon Dirks recently attended the Kingsway Ramada Edmonton Hotel and Conference Centre Alberta First Nations Education Summit, and Premier Jim Prentice was also in attendance. The two politicians discussed education with…
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