Author Archives: Harvard Media
Fort McMurray Chamber Of Commerce And Startup YMM Partner For Small Business Week
The Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce and Startup YMM are partnering up for Small Business Week. Running from October 17th to the 23rd, they are encouraging the region to shop local with this historic...
Oct 21, 2021
RMWB Explains Delayed Results On Election Night
The RMWB is explaining the delay in results from election night. According to a press release put out Tuesday, a technical issue with one of the vote tabulators took place, which required staff to man...
Oct 20, 2021
GoFundMe Set Up for Local Man Randomly Attacked in Calgary
A Fort McMurray man is in a medically induced coma after being randomly attacked in Calgary. On October 15th, 33-year-old Mikey Richards was found unconscious in a bus shelter and was one of three ran...
Oct 20, 2021
Active COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise In RMWB
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to decrease across the province. As of yesterday, there was a total of 964 (-17) people in the hospital due to the virus. ICU numbers have decreased to 218 (-...
Oct 19, 2021
ASIRT Investigating Wood Buffalo RCMP Use of Lethal Force at Fort McMurray International Airport
A twenty-seven year old man is dead after a member of the Wood Buffalo RCMP discharged their service weapon at the Fort McMurray International Airport. The incident is being investigated by The Albert...
Oct 19, 2021
Unofficial Municipal Election Results for RMWB
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has a new unofficial mayor and council. After nearly 26% of eligible voters cast ballots in the election, Sandy Bowman has been declared the unofficial mayor ...
Oct 18, 2021
Active Cases Rise In RMWB Due To COVID-19
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to decrease across the province. As of yesterday, there was a total of 981 (-19) people in the hospital due to the virus. ICU numbers have decreased to 225 (-...
Oct 18, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandatory for FMCSD Employees
The Fort McMurray Catholic School District is making vaccination from COVID-19 mandatory for all employees. The school board held a special meeting Oct 15th to discuss the matter. "Provincial and fede...
Oct 18, 2021
Winter Maintenance Zone Program Starting Back Up
Winter Maintenance Zone season is back for another winter. WMZ's are monitored by the municipality from October 15 to April 15. Depending on the amount of snow we receive zones will either be active, ...
Oct 18, 2021
Local Business Owner Running For Ward One Council
A local business owner is hoping to take up one of six seats in the upcoming election. IJ Uche Ezeala is one of 24 people running in ward one, and has worked in 3 different continents as a trained com...
Oct 18, 2021
