Category Archives: News-CFVR
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake Sees Second Straight Month With Increase in Jobs
Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake is seeing an increase in jobs for the second straight month. According to Statistics Canada’s August report released on Friday, the region added around 1,000 posit...
Sep 04, 2020
Regional Emergency Services Appoints First Ever Female Deputy Chief
Regional Emergency Services is appointing their first-ever female Deputy Chief. Kelly Roberts is being named the new Deputy Chief, Operations and Technical Services after serving five years as Assista...
Sep 04, 2020
COVID-19 Outbreak Being Declared At Syncrude As 11 Individuals Test Positive
Eleven individuals with ties to Syncrude have tested positive for COVID-19. Spokesperson Will Gibson tells Mix News they’ve been in contact with Alberta Health Services who are now declaring an ...
Sep 03, 2020
Fort McMurray Sees Four New COVID-19 Cases
Four new cases of COVID-19 are being discovered in Fort McMurray. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced on Thursday 130 new cases across the province. This rais...
Sep 03, 2020
Fort McMurray Man Arrested After Downtown Drug Seizure
A drug seizure in downtown is leading to the arrest of a 56-year-old Fort McMurray man. On September 2, Wood Buffalo RCMP executed a search warrant on an apartment complex on Saunderson Avenue. There ...
Sep 03, 2020
Fort McMurray Receives Sixth Highest Amount Of Rain During Summer
This summer has been one for the record books in Fort McMurray. According to Environment Canada, the community received around 333 mm of rain in June, July, and August – the sixth-highest total....
Sep 03, 2020
Home Sales See Slight Drop Year-Over-Year in August
The number of single-family detached homes sold across Wood Buffalo is seeing a slight decrease year-over-year. That’s according to the Fort McMurray REALTORS August report which notes 48 homes ...
Sep 03, 2020
Feds, Province Providing $8.6M For Flood Berm Project
The RMWB is getting over $8.6 million to help with flood mitigation in the Lower Townsite. The federal and provincial governments are providing the funds to help create a 1.43 km long berm in the down...
Sep 02, 2020
One New COVID-19 Case in Fort McMurray and Rural Areas
Two new cases of COVID-19 are popping up in Wood Buffalo. The province announced 114 new cases across Alberta on Wednesday. This raises the provincial total to 14,180 with 1,403 currently active. Fort...
Sep 02, 2020
Imperial Oil Shuts Down Production At Kearl Lake Following Pipeline Spill
Imperial Oil is temporarily shutting down production at Kearl Lake after a pipeline spill south of Fort McMurray. Inter Pipeline detected a leak in one of their systems on Saturday near the Fort McMur...
Sep 02, 2020
