Fort McMurray

Dragons may visit you on Halloween night, but you’ll have to wait until November to see local start-up Kid Drop visit The Dragons. Juliette Miranda and her company Kid Drop will be appearing on CBC’s The Dragon’s Den in late November. The local Entrepreneur is looking for investors to help her develop an app and […]

An Alberta Judge is being promoted to the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Mary Moreau, current Chief Justice of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench will soon be sitting on Canada’s Top Court. Moreau will become the first Francophone from Western Canada to sit on the bench of the Supreme Court. Retired Judge and prominent […]

The events list is hilarious.

Move over COVID-19 mask from the AHS PSAs. Alberta’s new favourite mascots are the eggplant and peach emoji from the new anti-sextortion messaging from ALERT. Damn are those jingles catchy. Last minute Halloween costume ideas, just saying.

Police are asking for your help in locating a missing female. Jenna Endicott a 27-year-old woman and resident of Fort McMurray, has not been seen since Oct. 15th. Endicott stands 5 foot 7 inches and about 145 pounds with blonde hair and green eyes. She was last seen in Fort McMurray. Anyone with information as […]

So much engineering, and they’ll probably need none of it.

Today in sentences I never thought I’d say out loud (only because I never would have thought of this connection): Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances and Tony Hawk’s son Riley were married by REM’s Michael Stipe this month. But it’s true. And I hope for the 3 weeks or so between the ceremony and the rest […]

Council has voted for more investigation into size requirements and prices for a proposed skate park in Gregoire. Council was originally proposed three options for building the proposed skate park. The first option would be to design it on an existing ice rink for an approximate building cost of $300,000. Concerns within this design were […]

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is concluding its investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Fort Chipewyan. The inquiry details a non-fatal shooting of an individual following a disturbance at the Fort Chipewyan Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in June of 2019. The investigation states the officer was acting properly in the discharge of […]

A prominent McMurrayite is out with a new book. Adam Germain, a lawyer, former politician, and federal judge has published his memoir called, “Adam’s Journey, A Struggle for Survival in a Hostile Land”. The book moves from his early years in Winnipeg to his eventual arrival in Fort McMurray where he practiced law. During the […]