Author Archives: Harvard Media
Toolkit helping local businesses recruit and retain workers available through Chamber of Commerce
Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce is rolling out a toolkit they believe will help Wood Buffalo employers with future recruitment and retention. According to a Labour Market Study done in Aug. 2021, Wo...
Mar 28, 2022
Applications open for Canada Post Community Foundation grant program
Canada Post’s Community Foundation's grant program that awarded local Fort McMurray business $2,000 last year is back. BrainSTEM Alliance's Virtual Health STEM Awareness program for children and...
Mar 28, 2022
Pothole repairing on Hwy. 63
The spring season comes with blooming flowers and green grass, it also brings rough roads and potholes. Press Secretary for the Minister of Transportation Rob Williams says that as soon as temperature...
Mar 28, 2022
Winter maintenance zones relaxed indefinitely
The RMWB is relaxing all winter maintenance zones (WMZ) indefinitely. Along with the WMZ, parking restrictions are also no longer in effect. The RMWB stated in a press release that winter maintenance ...
Mar 28, 2022
Oil Barons fan bus heading down to Drayton Valley for game 6
The Fort McMurray Oil Barons live to see another day. Taking down the Drayton Valley 5-1 Saturday night in front of 1,814 fans at Centerfire Place, the Oil Barons are looking to take their fans on the...
Mar 28, 2022
UPDATE: RCMP locate 60-year-old woman
UPDATE: March 28, 7:25 a.m., RCMP report Fontaine has been located. Wood Buffalo RCMP is asking for the public's help finding a missing 60-year-old woman. Shirley Marie Fontaine was last seen at a res...
Mar 27, 2022
Official results for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche by-election released
Official results for the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche by-election have been released by Elections Alberta. 5,862 of a possible 24,501 voters took part in the 2022 by-election, equaling 23.9 per cent. Ga...
Mar 25, 2022
Stanchions must come down by end of the month
Wood Buffalo's Regional Municipalities Community Standards Bylaw states that residents have until the end of March to remove their stanchion from their property. Residents are not allowed to run an ex...
Mar 25, 2022
Province puts forward millions to support truck driver training
Province providing more support for Alberta truckers with commercial driving grants totaling over $30 million over three years. Minister of Transportation Rajan Sawhney made the announcement on Thursd...
Mar 25, 2022
Fewer animal adoptions with employees heading back to the office
Fort McMurray SPCA has said the number of animals being adopted has dropped since public health restrictions began lifting. Executive Director Charles Brandsgard commented that COVID did have a huge i...
Mar 24, 2022
