During a recent 8 month period the number of postponed surgeries in Alberta has been a big cause for concern, and many blame a lack of long term care beds for these postponements. This has led the Alberta NDP to call for an effort to create more long term care beds, and recent documents show…
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The municipal byelection advance polls are now open and voters who will not be able to lace their ballot on election day can take advantage of the advance polls. Until the municipal byelection is held the advance polls will be open in Ward 1 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Eligible voters must be a minimum of…
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The broadcasting rights for the Fort MacMurray Oil Barons changed hands once more recently, allowing the rights to be aquired by Rogers. Some are referring to this as the most exciting trade that the team has seen in the last season. Rock 97.9, also known as CKYX, will be the new Oil Barons hockey home…
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Nexen Energy has announced job cuts due to the recent drop in the global price of oil. According to the company 400 jobs will be slashed in the cost cutting effort. According to Nexen Energy 340 jobs will be cut from the North America operations, and 60 jobs will be cut from the North Sea…
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The Fraser Institute has issued their annual report cards, and the elementary schools in Fort MacMurray have been ranked. In what is really no surprise Good Shepard received some of the top rankings for the schools in the area. In years past the Fort MacMurray elementary schools broke through to be listed in the top…
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According to Fort MacMurray Conservatives the party was not prepared for the last federal byelection, and this caused the party to rely on the other ridings for funding in order to stay competitive. According to the Election sCanada website the riding association actually has a net loss of $36,602.87 which was posted for 2013. Leaked…
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