Category Archives: News-CFVR
Keyano instructor wins Leadership Award
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) is announcing the 2023 Award of Excellence recipients. Nermin Zukic, Chair, and Instructor for Business at Keyano College was honoured with The Leadership Excell...
May 08, 2023
Fort McMurray Forest Area hazard ‘extreme’ as wildfire emergency continues
Alberta remains under a state of emergency as the wildfire situation in our province shows no signs of abating. Thousands of people have been evacuated from communities throughout northern and central...
May 08, 2023
Photo radar locations for week of May 8th
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's photo radar truck will be out on the streets again. For the week of May 8th, the Automated Traffic Enforcement unit will be setting up along: Thicket Drive ...
May 07, 2023
Alberta declares provincial state of emergency over wildfires
The Government of Alberta has declared a provincial state of emergency in response to the multiple burning wildfires throughout the province. This is a mechanism that provides the provincial governmen...
May 06, 2023
UPDATE: RCMP locate woman and child
May 6, 2023 5:25 p.m. Update: Deidre and Daniel Herman have been located safe and sound. The Wood Buffalo RCMP thank the public and the media for their assistance. — Wood Buffalo RCMP is seeking...
May 06, 2023
No injuries after Fort McMurray house fire Friday evening
The Fort McMurray Fire Department responded to a house fire on Biggs Avenue Friday evening. Shortly after 5:30 p.m., crews arrived to the scene and had the fire under control after an hour. The scene ...
May 05, 2023
Entire province under fire ban; OHVs restricted
The Government of Alberta announced Friday evening the entire province is under a fire ban. No open burning is allowed, including backyard fire pits inside the Forest Protection Area. Alberta Parks ha...
May 05, 2023
Red Dress Day: what does it mean?
Red Dress Day, is also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S). The day was originally started in 2010 as the REDdress ...
May 05, 2023
Common children’s sensory toy poses life-threatening risk
Health Canada is issuing a warning about a common children's sensory toy. The federal agency says water beads, also called hydro-orbs, sensory beads, or jelly beads, may pose life-threatening risks to...
May 05, 2023
Distinguished McMurrayite hanging up his Judge’s robes
A distinguished Fort McMurray alumnus is set to retire. Adam Germain, a Court of King's Bench Justice and MLA for Fort McMurray from 1993-1997 is retiring on May 10. Germain practiced law in Fort McMu...
May 05, 2023
