The Wood Buffalo Council is pushing for lower rural taxes, putting pressure on the province to do something about the problems that the rural tax rates are causing for a number of local people in the region. A number of business owners made complaints, as did aboriginal leaders. The complaints all show that the current…
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A Whooping Cough outbreak has been declared by Alberta Health Services for northern Alberta after cases of the disease have jumped considerably, and some medical professionals are blaming poor immunization for the outbreak. In the North Zone so far there have been more than 180 reports of Whooping Cough. Dr. Albert de Villiers, theAHS medical…
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Fort MacMurray police are searching for two wanted suspects, and law enforcement is seeking help from the public to catch the men. Both men are wanted because they breached their judicial conditions. 24 year old Liban Mohamed and 21 year old Osman Mohamed were under judicial conditions that were related to firearms charges and drug…
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Should residents and workers in Wood Buffalo be concerned about anthrax after one of the three dead Syncrude ranch bison tested positive? Recently Syncrude announced that three dead Beaver Creek Wood Bison had been found in recent weeks close to the ranch. The last of the bison was found close to the Mildred Lake site…
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The RCMP has released photos of two men who are wanted in connection with a Fort McMurray shooting that happened the day after Christmas of 2014 in a Gregoire apartment building . The two men have been identified as 28 year old Mohamed Abdesemed and 28 year old Afif Elias Hassen, and police have released…
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Dozens of angry residents are demanding answers over a month after a Timberlea sewer backup flooded basements and causing thousands of dollars in damage to homes which were affected. The residents have questions that have not been answered, and they want to know what steps are being taken to help them out. On July 12…
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