Category Archives: News
Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo celebrates Black History Month this February
Black History Month. Image courtesy of Heritage Canada: www.canada.com Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo is celebrating Black History Month this February. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) Mayor S...
Jan 31, 2024
Indigenous Tourism Alberta showcases opportunities
Indigenous Tourism Alberta conference at Mac Island. Image courtesy of Jerry Neville -Neville Video Productions. Indigenous Tourism is growing in Canada and Alberta is leading the pack. Yesterday over...
Jan 30, 2024
Trans Mountain Pipeline faces another delay
Trans Mountain Pipeline construction activity. Media image via: https://www.transmountain.com/ Another day, another delay for the tormented Trans Mountain Pipeline, The federally owned Trans Mountain ...
Jan 29, 2024
Winter Maintenance Zones 3 and 4 active
RWMB Grater at work. Image via rmwb.ca Winter maintenance is scheduled to continue this week, with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) activating Subzones 3 and 4. From January 29 - Febru...
Jan 28, 2024
New study exposes alarming discrepancy: Air quality emissions from Alberta oil sands significantly higher
Athabasca oil sands deposit map. Image via Wikimedia -CC license. A new study published in the Academic Journal "Science" says air quality emissions from the oil sands are being highly underestimated ...
Jan 28, 2024
Fort McKay Métis Nation Association issues notice of election
Fort McKay Metis Logo via Letterhead The Fort McKay Mtis Nation Association is holding an election for the offices of President and Vice President. In an Election Notice issued by the Fort McKay Mtis ...
Jan 24, 2024
Keyano unveils state-of-the-art Esports arena
Keyano College is celebrating the opening of its SMG Esports Arena. The first-of-its-kind facility in Alberta is the permanent home of the Keyano Huskies E-sports team and regional hub for electronic ...
Jan 23, 2024
Alberta aims to reduce use of tobacco and vaping products
Tobacco Packaging Examples. -Health Canada supplied media The Government of Alberta is announcing a new Tobacco and Vaping Reduction Strategy during National Non-smoking Week. The government says more...
Jan 22, 2024
FuseSocial accepting nominations for Heart of Wood Buffalo awards
Heart of Wood Buffalo Awards -Supplied media Nominations are now open for FuseSocial's Heart of Wood Buffalo Awards. The awards honor the achievements of leaders, philanthropists, volunteers, and orga...
Jan 22, 2024
Governments urged to act as dementia cases expected to double
Elderly hands. Creative Commons image via https://www.pexels.com/ A new study predicts the number of Canadians living with dementia will nearly double by the year 2050. The report, titled "The Many Fa...
Jan 22, 2024