A soft market for oil and low oil prices have sparked a debate about fly in fly out workers in the oilsands area. Some candidates in the Ward 1 byelection are supporting the argument that the current market is the right time to think about lowering the number of fly in fly out workers that…
During a recent Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce luncheon the vice president of TransCanada addressed the crowd of business people and talked about the Energy East pipeline project. TransCanada Vice President Gary Houston said the pipeline will benefit the economy of Canada and is also one of the safest oil transportation methods possible. According to…
The 10th Women of Inspiration Award nominee has been named, and it is Angela Ross. Ross is a lifelong resident of Fort MacMurray, and she has made herself known in the male dominated world of the oilsands. After her four children were born Rodd decided it was time to transition outside of the local oilsands,…
The RCMP is asking Fort MacMurray residents to be on the lookout for a missing teen from Grande Prairie who may be headed to the oilsands area. 15 year old Shelby MacKinnon was initially reported missing on March 12, and the teen was last seen about 9 a.m. That morning by one of her family…
Student support at Ecole St. Paul has increased thanks to the buddy bench, a bench designed to be a friend that students may need from time to time. The concept started with an American student who proposed placing these benches at his school late in 2013, and the buddy bench really took off in popularity.…
A Fort MacMurray man keeps getting detailed patient medical files by mistake, in spite of his efforts to stop the files. Ever since last summer Thickwood Family Medical Centre has been sending patient information to Denis Lacoursiere’s business fax machine, and the clinic will not stop in spite of repeated requests by the business owner.…