Author Archives: Harvard Media
A Piece Of Advice: DON'T LISTEN TO ADVICE!
Ever received advice that went horribly wrong? Well, the US National Park Service recently went viral with a tweet that takes the cake. They advised, "If you come across a bear, never push a slower fr...
May 23, 2024
The Cheapest Luggage John Could Find
https://youtu.be/sUBTLEThY80 John's flying to Calgary for five days and this bag is all he packed... He's nervous about extra fees so figured instead of looking it up - he'd just pack light... Listen ...
May 23, 2024
Council approves third phase of downtown revitalization
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is moving ahead with the third phase of its Downtown Revitalization Incentives Program. On May 21, 2024, the Council approved the third phase of the Do...
May 23, 2024
Fire bans lifted south of Lake Athabasca
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) has lifted the fire ban for the urban service area. Alberta Wildfire is also lifting its fire ban for the Fort McMurray Forest Area, but only for areas...
May 22, 2024
Wild Rose Province Becoming the Potato Province?!?
While Alberta is famous for its top-notch beef, it seems we're not stopping there-we're aiming to dominate the dinner table in more ways than one. Move over, Wild Rose Province, and make way for the P...
May 21, 2024
Wood Buffalo RCMP pleased with wildfire evacuation efforts
By all accounts, Wood Buffalo RCMP feels last week's evacuation from the wildfire was well executed in their jurisdiction. That included the closure of Highway 63 northbound to allow more southbound v...
May 21, 2024
Two drug busts in Fort McMurray resulted in three arrests
Wood Buffalo RCMP has made a pair of drug busts in Fort McMurray that have resulted in three people facing charges. On May 10 at about 4:30 AM, RCMP conducted a stop on Thickwood Boulevard. After a se...
May 21, 2024
If you needed a reason not to go in the Ocean . . .
https://youtu.be/qTG_178yt1A I'm about 150 pages into a book called Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. It's great so far, however one of the characters is an octopus and I can't believe t...
May 21, 2024
Fire south of Fort McMurray now Being Held
Fire MWF-017 is now classified as, "Being Held." Alberta Wildfire has reclassified the fire burning south of Fort McMurray to "Being Held." This means that given current weather conditions and resourc...
May 20, 2024
RMWB State of Emergency ends, evacuations lifted
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has lifted the evacuation order for Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek, and Grayling Terrace. All evacuated residents may return home immediately, and all re...
May 18, 2024
