Flooding in Fort McMurray a 'bad dream' after wildfire
Fort McMurray is taking stock of water damage after a torrential downpour flooded parts of the city over the weekend. Rising water prompted the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to reopen its...
View ArticleBoats and jet-skis in the streets: Heavy downpour causing flooding in Fort...
After a heavy downpour caused localized flooding all over Fort McMurray on Sunday, people have taken to the streets in boats and, in one case, a sea-doo. Meanwhile, for the first time since the...
View ArticleHeavy rainfall floods parts of Fort McMurray
After going through hell, Fort McMurray is going through high water, as heavy morning rainfall flooded parts of the Gregoire, downtown and Thickwood communities. People who had spent weeks clearing...
View ArticleFort McMurray gets record-breaking donations for relief campaign (Government...
(Source: Government of Alberta) Donations will support the health and wellness of residents and the recovery of the local economy through targeted programs. 'Our government has been standing with the...
View ArticleLineup to collect mail undelivered during evacuation irks Fort McMurray...
Fort McMurray residents struggling to return to normal life after fleeing the wildfire in May face yet another aggravation — this time from Canada Post. ......
View ArticleFort McMurray fires cost Canada dearly
FormulanoneFaded from news headlines which caught world attention at the end of May, the Fort McMurray wildfires which shuttered over 1 million barrels of oil production a day for over a month. ......
View ArticleFort McMurray mother gets hefty airline bill despite Air Canada promise
A woman returning to Fort McMurray for the first time since the wildfire had to pay hundreds of dollars to fly her suitcases homes even though the airline promised there would be no charge. ......
View ArticleJapan Canada Oil Sands Ltd. to keep Hangingstone oilsands project offline...
One of Canada’s oldest oilsands projects, which was shut down during the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta., will remain closed until benchmark oil prices rise above US$50 per barrel, its operator said...
View ArticleWood Buffalo Economic Development Invites Residents to the YMM Home Show;...
(Source: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo) (Fort McMurray, AB - August 8, 2016) - Wood Buffalo Economic Development invites residents to attend the YMM Home Show at MacDonald Island Park on...
View ArticleComputer outage could tarnish the rep of Delta, the airline that “canceled...
A Delta airlines plane on the tarmac of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 14, 2016.Joe Raedle, Getty Images NEW YORK — We don’t cancel flights. That’s been the message for the...
View ArticleNew support for small business recovery in Fort McMurray (Government of Alberta)
(Source: Government of Alberta) Small businesses recovering from the Fort McMurray wildfire will have access to two complementary recovery programs as they resume operations and support their...
View ArticlePrograms aim to help small businesses recover from Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Alberta has earmarked $15 million for its share of a program aimed at helping small businesses recover from the Fort McMurray wildfire. ......
View ArticleUpdate 6: Wood Buffalo wildfire recovery (July 27 at 11 am) (Government of...
(Source: Government of Alberta) Jul 27, 2016 Media inquiries Wildfire recovery efforts continue throughout the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. A state of local emergency remains in effect....
View ArticleWood Buffalo gets disaster funding from province (Government of Alberta)
(Source: Government of Alberta) This initial advance of Disaster Recovery Program funding is intended to help with uninsurable costs such as emergency response, evacuation, cleanup of damaged areas and...
View ArticleJapan Canada Oil Sands Ltd. to keep Hangingstone oilsands project offline...
One of Canada’s oldest oilsands projects, which was shut down during the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta., will remain closed until benchmark oil prices rise above US$50 per barrel, its operator said...
View ArticleAir travellers to get more refund on cancellation of tickets
New Delhi, Aug. 1 (ANI): The air travellers will get more refund on cancellation of their tickets from today onwards. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has notified the related changes...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines Inaugural Daily Non-Stop flight from Fort Lauderdale...
(Source: Government of the Bahamas) NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Southwest Airlines inaugural daily non-stop flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Nassau arrived yesterday afternoon, Sunday, August 7, at...
View ArticleFort McMurray day-home operator charged with sexual assault of a teen
A Fort McMurray man has been charged with the sexual assault of a minor that allegedly took place in the day home that he operates out of his home in the Timberlea neighbourhood. ......
View ArticleThousands of Fort McMurray residents seek counselling after fire
More than 2,000 people from Fort McMurray, Alta., have reached out for mental health services in the wake of May's devastating wildfire. That's 70 times the normal rate of those seeking help, and...
View ArticleFort McMurray Residents Return Home After Wildfire Devastation
Waseem Amin has been making big plans for his return home to Fort McMurray, the Canadian oil-sands town devastated by wildfires that curtailed more than a million barrels of daily crude output last...
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