The Wood Buffalo RCMP is investigating a Thickwood assault that happened last Tuesday. According to RCMP spokesperson Const. Mylene Michon the assault occurred at approximately 4 pm near the intersection of Signal Road and Eymundson Drive, with a male suspect being identified and a bystander who witnessed the crime as it occurred from the vantage…
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Recent reports show that the emulsion leak at the Nexen pipeline may have gone unnoticed for 2 weeks, only being discovered after a contractor was walking in the area of the Lake Long facility and noticed the situation. Investigators believe that the rupture caused a considerable amount of emulsion to leak into the environment, at…
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A pilot project on testing that uses radio frequencies instead of steam is being undertaken by Suncor Energy. The hope is that these radio frequencies will liquify bitumen deposits situated under the ground, similar to melting something in the microwave. Suncor Energy is one of several companies that have partnered together to test out this…
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Starting in September residents in Fort MacMurray and the greater Wood Buffalo area will have the opportunity to schedule an appointment with the Multiple Sclerosis mobile clinic again. The reason given by the Multiple Sclerosis Society for bringing back the mobile clinic was that area residents did not have access to permanent services for this…
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The failure of the Nexen pipeline rupture safety system has many environmentalists and local residents concerned, and there are still few answers about why the system did not send out an alert earlier than it did. The pipeline and safety equipment are fairly new, not one of the old and outdated systems with a high…
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Council members disagreed over what progress has been made towards the aging in place project after a previous Willow Square letter from 2011 surfaced. A report was presented at the council meeting by the Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corporation that covered a cost study of the different Willow Square options that could be used.…
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