Category Archives: News-CFVR
Sixth Person Dies From COVID In Fort McMurray, Region Sees Drop In Active Cases
COVID-19 is claiming the life of another individual in Fort McMurray. The province announced on Tuesday there were four additional deaths from the virus across Alberta - one of which lived in the comm...
May 18, 2021
Report: Investment in Fossil Fuels Must Stop Immediately To Reach Zero Emissions By 2050
A new report is claiming to get to zero emissions by 2050 is only possible if no more investments are made in fossil fuel projects. The International Energy Agency released the report Net-Zero by 2050...
May 18, 2021
Suncor Clarifying Vaccines Not Mandatory For Employees After False Letter States Otherwise
Suncor Energy isn’t making vaccinations mandatory to work on-site. A letter has been circulating on social media claiming the oil company was starting a new program that required people to get t...
May 17, 2021
Nearly 35 Per Cent Of Eligible Fort McMurray Residents Have Gotten First COVID Vaccine, Community Adds 64 Cases & 104 Recoveries
Nearly 35 per cent of Fort McMurray residents born in 2009 or earlier have gotten their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. The province introduced a new map on Monday highlighting the number of peopl...
May 17, 2021
FIFO Workers Playing Part In Region’s COVID Totals, Though Maybe Not As Big As People Think
A number of COVID variant cases in the region may be linked to fly-in-fly-out workers. Premier Jason Kenney and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, held a press confere...
May 17, 2021
Keyano Huskies Volleyball Gives Back to Food Bank After Flood
The Wood Buffalo Food Bank is getting a little boost thanks to some of the Keyano Huskies. The men’s and women’s volleyball teams set up an online store where they sold ‘Huskies Stro...
May 17, 2021
Fort McMurray Sees 95 New COVID-19 Cases, 110 Recoveries
Fort McMurray's active total of COVID-19 cases is seeing a drop over the past 24 hours. The province announced on Sunday 1,140 new cases in the province over the past day. There are currently 22,280 a...
May 16, 2021
RCMP Looking For Teen Suspected Of Sexually Assaulting Two Boys
Wood Buffalo RCMP are looking for a male teenager suspected of sexually assaulting two boys while biking in the Timberlea area. The first incident took place on April 20, around 8:00 p.m., on the bike...
May 16, 2021
Fort McMurray Sees 86 New COVID-19 Cases, 124 Recoveries
Fort McMurray's active total of COVID-19 cases is seeing a drop over the past 24 hours. The province announced on Saturday 1,195 new cases in the province over the past day. There are currently 22,993...
May 15, 2021
Three Fines, No Charges Handed Out In RMWB For Violating Health Orders Since Start Of Pandemic
A total of three fines have been handed in the region for people not following COVID-19 measures. According to Bylaw Services, they’ve responded to a total of 279 calls since March 2020. One of ...
May 14, 2021
