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Another local Indigenous group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wood Buffalo Housing.

The McMurray Mtis is the fourth to sign the agreement in an effort to approve housing conditions and find long-term sustainable solutions that will benefit the community.

The Fort McKay Mtis, Mtis Nation of Alberta Local 125 Fort Chipewyan, and Conklin Resource Development Advisory Committee have all signed MOU’s in last several months.

In a release, President Gail Gallupe says they’ll ...

Oil prices could see a big spike in the very near future.

That’s according to Tim Pickering, Founder and CIO of Auspice Capital Advisors.

He tells Fort McMurray News OPEC will be increasing their production by around 600,000 barrels per day in an attempt to raise global prices.

“I think we’re going to be dragged up by global demand. The crude we produce is very much in demand in the global refinery system and the ...

Prepare yourself for a powerful new song from Demi Lovato. It’s unclear whether this is a real-life admission of Demi relapsing, but it certainly is an honest portrayal of slipping out of sobriety and dealing with addiction. Demi herself publicly celebrated 6 years of sobriety in March. It’s important to remember that a slip isn’t a fall when it comes to someone’s lifelong fight against addiction. And that a fall is still ok, as long ...

Hundreds of Fort McMurray students are getting ready for life after high school.

The Fort McMurray Catholic School District says 190 graduates from Holy Trinity Catholic High School crossed the stage back on June 8.

Around 200 more to cross the stage for Father Mercredi High School on June 29.

“Our ultimate goal is to not just complete high school but to move on to post-secondary, to pick a career pathway and become a responsible ...

A power outage is affecting operations at Syncrude’s site north of Fort McMurray.

Spokesperson Will Gibson tells Fort McMurray News the disruption is forcing them to increase their flaring.

“It’s burning off refinery gas and there may be odours associated with that.”

He notes the Alberta Energy Regulator and neighbouring communities, including Fort McKay, have already been notified.

There’s no current timeline on when the site will be 100 per cent operational.

“We’re working on ...

According to a new study of 2000 parents, the average length of time before parents start to lose their minds during summer break is 13 days. Less than two weeks and they want summer to be over. Sound about right?

Some other stats:

-58% of parents feel pressure to plan out their kids’ summer break entirely

-64% of parents feel they’ve let their child down because of something one of their kids’ friends experienced

-parents ...

Josh Brolin was on Cobert’s show last night and gave us this gem. The mad titan reading tweets that it honestly sounds like he could have written. Check it out!

We figured out one of the few ways to make Trump's tweets enjoyable: Have Thanos read them. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/yL6yFm8m1S

— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 20, 2018

With the first day of summer nearly upon us, it looks like it is going to be a long and hot one.

That’s according to Environment Canada who says we will likely see temperatures soar about 30 degrees throughout the summer.

Senior Climatologist Dave Phillips says the weather over the course of the last two months has been ever changing.

He tells Fort McMurray News the overall weather patterns in the Spring showed an immense ...

People across Canada are getting the chance to learn more about Indigenous people.

National Indigenous Peoples’ Day is on Thursday and all the regional First Nation and Mtis groups will be coming together to honour their cultures, traditions, and contributions.

Waypoints' Outreach Manager Nicole Greville tells Fort McMurray News this is an opportunity to remember the past wrongs while moving forward together.

“Right now we’re in the midst of Truth and Reconciliation, so it’s a ...

The Catholic and Public-School Boards are coming together to get kids of all needs riding bicycles.

‘Wood Buffalo U Can Ride 2′ is a collaborative program between the Fort McMurray Public and Catholic School Districts providing adapted bikes so all children have an opportunity to ride one.

The first U Can Ride 2 program began in Edmonton back in 2012.

FMPSD Assistant Superintendent Shannon Noble tells Fort McMurray News the initiative is directed at kids ...