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Good morning, Fort McMurray!
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- Fall Commerce Present: Held at MacDonald Island Park from Sept. 22-24.
- Fort McMurray Oil Barons: Subsequent dwelling video games are Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 at Centerfire Place. Puck drop at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and schedules on-line.
- RES Pancake Breakfast: Regional Emergency Companies and native emergency companies suppliers host their FREE open home and pancake breakfast at Hearth Corridor #1. Sept. 23 at 9 a.m.
- LINC: The Language of Artwork: College students and workers with Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) will discover the breaking of boundaries between language and artwork at Keyano Theatre. FREE occasion hosted by Arts Council Wooden Buffalo on Sept. 23 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
- YMM Digital Artwork: The Fort McMurray Worldwide Airport’s inaugural digital artwork exhibit, that includes Dwelling North by native photographer Crystal Mercredi. Sept. 25 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Info on-line.
- Fort McMurray Marathon: Final 12 months’s occasion raised greater than $74,000 for 17 native charities. This 12 months’s occasion is on Sept. 24. It features a marathon, half-marathon, 10K, 5K, 3K and children’ enjoyable run. First race begins at 7:30 a.m. Register on-line.
- YMM Oktoberfest: Polka, German and craft beers, and video games at Fort McMurray Heritage Village on Sept. 29 and 30. Extra data on-line.
- Keyano Huskies’ Soccer: Subsequent dwelling recreation is in opposition to Concordia College of Edmonton at Shell Place. Girls play at 2 p.m. and males play at 4 p.m. on Sept. 30. Girls play at 12 p.m. and males play at 2 p.m. on Oct. 1.
- After Hours with Dallas Smith: That includes particular visitor JoJo Mason. Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. on the CNOOC Discipline Home on the Suncor Group Leisure Centre. Tickets on-line.
- An Night with Jillian Harris: Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at MacDonald Island Park, doorways open at 6 p.m. Tickets on-line.
- YMM Pumpkins & Planes Household Enjoyable Occasion: Fort McMurray Worldwide Airport on Oct. 21 at midday. Tickets on-line.
- Be part of a RMWB committee: The RMWB has 65 spots on 15 municipal boards and committees. Info classes are on Oct. 2 and Oct. 4. Apply by Oct. 23. Info on-line.
- Flip site visitors packing containers into artwork: Artists are paid $700 if their work is picked. RMWB accepting proposals till Oct. 27.
- Council’s Excellence Award: Nominations for excellent residents are open till Oct. 30.
- Suggestions on recycling and rubbish companies: The RMWB needs suggestions for his or her Strong Waste Administration Plan. Full the survey by Oct. 31 for an opportunity to win prizes. Info and the survey is on-line.
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A whole bunch be a part of nationwide protests over gender, sexual schooling in faculties
A whole bunch of individuals marched by way of downtown Fort McMurray to protest how intercourse and gender are taught in school rooms.
Protesters spent a lot of Wednesday carrying indicators and shouting slogans in opposition to various pronouns in faculties, in addition to sexual orientation and gender id (SOGI) schooling.
The Fort McMurray protest dwarfed previous rallies in opposition to COVID-19 restrictions in the neighborhood.
The native protest was led by Zulkifl Mujahid, who ran regionally as an Impartial candidate within the Could 2023 election after he was eliminated as a candidate by the UCP, and resident Connie Shields. Councillor Shafiq Dogar was the one elected official on the protest.
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There have been no clashes like what was seen in different cities and Delight YMM didn’t manage counter protests. Nevertheless, police and organizers needed to cease individuals from coming into the FMPSD constructing.
A photograph gallery of the protests is within the story.
Greater than 650 acres for growth south of Fort McMurray airport hits market
The Fort McMurray Airport Authority is stepping into actual property. Greater than 650 acres of land south of the airport is hitting the marketplace for builders fascinated with constructing retail, workplaces, inns, industrial websites and transportation.
The land known as Aurora Touchdown and the plan is to develop the land throughout the subsequent 15 years.
The airport authority is assured that the oilsands is poised to develop, regardless of latest challenges about expansions. Fort McMurray additionally has excessive demand for industrial and retail properties which might be bigger than areas present in strip malls.
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Fort McMurray Wooden Buffalo Financial Improvement and Tourism (FMWBEDT) estimates individuals spend $706 million yearly by way of on-line procuring or by travelling outdoors Fort McMurray.
N.L. premier pitches booming economic system to expatriates at Fort McMurray job honest
Premier Andrew Furey says it’s time for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians in Fort McMurray to come back dwelling. Greater than 200 individuals packed a job honest on the downtown Earls as Furey made a pitch that oilsands corporations possible made to them greater than a decade in the past.
Newfoundland and Labrador expects 79,000 new jobs this decade. Most demand is in expert trades, transportation and gear operation. There’s additionally sturdy demand within the gross sales and repair industries.
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Oil, gasoline, mining and forestry are rising. There may be sturdy demand for hydrogen and wind energy. The province wants new housing, twinned highways and an expanded healthcare system.
“The fiscal stability sheet is only a numbers recreation until we’ve the individuals to capitalize on the alternatives,” mentioned Furey in an interview. “That is primarily targeted on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians however we’ll gladly take Albertans dwelling, too.”
Kevin Weidlich of Fort McMurray Wooden Buffalo Financial Improvement and Tourism (FMWBEDT) argues there are nonetheless loads of alternatives for individuals within the area.
Ukrainian newcomers in Fort McMurray settling, extra assist wanted: Ukrainian Canadian Congress chief
Orysia Boychuk of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress’ department in Alberta says Ukrainians are settling nicely in Fort McMurray.
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Nevertheless, she hopes to see their alternatives for employment and schooling enhance each in the neighborhood and throughout Alberta.
“Now we have numerous very educated {and professional} individuals who have been instructors, college professors, docs, attorneys, and they’re working front-end counter work at retail jobs,” mentioned Boychuk.
“They’re working survival jobs and in search of methods to develop themselves, get their credentials and certifications acknowledged, and combine at a extra skilled degree.”
Greater than 250 Ukrainians have arrived in Fort McMurray since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Boychuk mentioned political leaders have mentioned there may be room to welcome much more Ukrainians in Fort McMurray.
About 41,000 Ukrainians have settled in Alberta for the reason that battle began. Most Ukrainians who got here to Alberta are in Calgary, adopted by Edmonton and Crimson Deer.
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Hundreds rejoice Indigenous heritage at Athabasca Tribal Council’s cultural competition
About 10,000 visits have been made to the Athabasca Tribal Council’s annual cultural competition this previous weekend.
The four-day competition was held Thursday to Sunday at Snye Level Park and showcased the Dene, Cree and Métis cultures of the Fort McMurray Wooden Buffalo area. Different Indigenous nations participated and this 12 months’s competition included Inuit throat singers.
There was loads of drumming, dancing, singing and meals shared all through the occasion. Artists and trappers ran workshops introducing their expertise.
Karla Buffalo, CEO of the ATC, mentioned the competition is a part of a contemporary revival in Indigenous tradition.
“We have been making ready for weeks by way of having individuals hunt and collect meals from the land. We had younger individuals main us in Dene hand video games,” mentioned Buffalo. “Our persons are not being managed by colonial authorities practices and we’re reviving our tradition.”
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A photograph gallery of the occasion is within the story.
Promise of A.I., small nuclear reactors and carbon seize leads Oil Sands Commerce Present
The way forward for the oilsands is shiny, argued audio system on the Oil Sands Commerce Present and Convention at Shell Place, albeit with some hurdles that should be cleared.
Speeches on carbon seize and storage and small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) predicted the rising applied sciences will create financial booms and assist the oilsands meet local weather change commitments.
Audio system mentioned the identical about synthetic intelligence, including that the expertise will develop into widespread because the oilsands strikes in direction of automation.
“Nice issues are occurring proper right here and now, and I can guarantee you this momentum will proceed below our authorities,” mentioned Brian Jean, UCP MLA for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche and Alberta’s minister of vitality and minerals.
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The viewers appeared enthusiastic about these guarantees throughout the two-day discussion board, however there was skepticism about what number of issues could possibly be solved by simply introducing new expertise.
Teenager discovered lifeless at Gregoire Lake a murder sufferer
Police have dominated {that a} teenage boy who was discovered lifeless alongside the shores of Gregoire Lake is the sufferer of a murder.
Wooden Buffalo RCMP say they have been referred to as to an space of Gregoire Lake at 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 14. The sufferer’s physique was discovered on the lake when officers arrived.
Investigators decided his dying was suspicious. The dying was labelled a murder following an post-mortem carried out by the Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton.
Investigators have recognized the sufferer as Keelin Kortzman, 17. Police are asking the general public for dashcam video of anybody travelling on Freeway 881 between Gregoire Lake Estates and Anzac on Sept. 14 between the hours of seven a.m. and 10 p.m.
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Anybody with details about any lacking individuals or felony exercise is requested to contact Wooden Buffalo RCMP at 780-788-4040 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Tricks to Crime Stoppers are at all times nameless and could be despatched to tipsubmit.com.
- Pension plan: A provincial report concludes Alberta may go away the Canada Pension Plan and declare 53 per cent of the plan’s base property. The province is reviewing potential subsequent steps and needs suggestions from Albertans. The top of the CPP’s investments gave a flat “no” to the report’s findings.
- Pastor sentenced: Pastor Artur Pawlowski was sentenced to 60 days in jail for his function in 2022 protests that blocked the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts over COVID-19 restrictions. A decide gave Pawlowski 60 days’ credit score for time served, that means he walked away from the courthouse a free man.
- Convicted cop retains job: Const. David Ahlstrom pleaded responsible to stealing money, cigarettes and pay as you go bank cards on three events, together with from a murder scene. However the Edmonton police officer can preserve his job after Alberta’s highest court docket declined to listen to the police chief’s enchantment to maintain Ahsltrom fired.
- Calgary housing: Calgary’s council has voted to make houses extra accessible and inexpensive by way of land use, open zoning, funding and leverage with different ranges of presidency. Housing in Calgary is rising quicker than anyplace else in Canada. A metropolis official says implementing the seven-year technique wants to start instantly, whereas the development trade is anxious about labour shortages.
- Chestermere lawsuit: Chestermere is taking the Alberta authorities to court docket over a latest investigation into the town’s governance. A councillor and a few former staffers are additionally accused of conspiring in opposition to the municipality to set off the probe. The province concluded the town is run in an “irregular, improper and improvident” method. Chestermere’s mayor and council deny this.
- Chilly Struggle nostalgia: The Air Drive Museum of Alberta in Calgary has added CF-101 Voodoo jet fighter to its arsenal, becoming a member of a CF-104 Starfighter, a CF-18 Hornet, F-86 Sabre, F-5 and a T-33 coach.
- Learn up on the politics and tradition of Alberta with Postmedia’s subscriber-exclusive e-newsletter, What’s up with Alberta? Curated by the Nationwide Submit’s Tyler Dawson each Tuesday and Thursday.
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