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03.06.2023 / 04:47

Cabins destroyed in northern Alberta wildfire: ‘I’m terribly sorry’

Billy-Joe Tuccaro, the chief of Mikisew Cree First Nation, said four homes have been destroyed by the wildfire that’s burning near Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta.

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N.S. premier says $40M financial relief package for Fiona ‘unprecedented’

Tim Houston has announced an “unprecedented” relief package of $40 million for residents impacted by post-tropical storm Fiona past weekend.Fiona hit Atlantic Canada on Friday night into Saturday, causing widespread power outages, washing out roads and downing trees. As of 4 p.m.

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‘It’s not safe to travel:’ Cape Breton getting hit hard by Fiona

A state of local emergency was declared in Cape Breton Regional Municipality early Saturday morning as a powerful storm continues to lash the island, causing widespread power outage, road closures, and structural damage.

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Fiona makes landfall in Nova Scotia, leaving path of destruction

Post-tropical storm Fiona has made landfall in Nova Scotia, bringing severe wind, downing trees and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

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Cape Breton in ‘direct impact zone’ for Hurricane Fiona, warns mayor

Provincial and municipal officials are urging Nova Scotians to take precautions ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Fiona, which is expected to bring heavy rainfall and wind gusts approaching 140 kilometres an hour.

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Wood Buffalo councillor from N.L. proud her home province is helping Alberta with COVID-19 fight

COVID-19 from the military, the Canadian Red Cross — and Newfoundland and Labrador.“Newfoundland always punches above its weight,” Balsom said in interview Friday. She’s from Random Island, near the central Newfoundland community of Clarenville.

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Why did Canada’s two biggest COVID-19 workplace outbreaks get so big, so fast?

COVID-19 vaccine. Doses were delivered on-site during a series of clinics organized by the Oil Sands Community Alliance and Alberta Health Services.“The on-site oil sands vaccination clinics in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo completed earlier this week,” an OSCA spokesperson said in an e-mail to Global News. “We will continue to partner with AHS to determine if there is potential to host additional on-site clinics to administer first and second doses to our workforce.”The vaccinations appear to be having an impact on more than 20 outbreaks at oilsands work sites or work camps in the region.

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Alberta premier, education minister to announce supports for students affected by COVID-19

Jason Kenney and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange are scheduled to announce supports for students amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday morning.The two are scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. and their news conference will be streamed live in this story post.

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COVID-19: Alberta education minister announces return to in-person learning for most of province

Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announces that all K-12 students will be returning to in-person learning on May 25, with the exception of those in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

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Suncor delays planned maintenance as COVID-19 cases surge in Fort McMurray area

COVID-19 outbreaks that led to a state of emergency being declared last week for the Fort McMurray area of northern Alberta.CEO Mark Little says the delay of the maintenance “turnaround” for one of the coker units in the upgrader will allow the company to reduce the number of contractors in the region until after similar work now underway at the nearby Syncrude oilsands mine is completed, without affecting production guidance.

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Fort McMurray residents preach resilience 5 years after wildfire swept through community

Monday marks the five-year anniversary of one of the largest mass evacuations in Canadian history as the flames from what quickly became a catastrophic wildfire began to relentlessly wind their way through Fort McMurray, Alta.In all, 88,000 people were forced to flee their homes, many in frightening fashion, as they were forced to drive near or even through flames as they made their way out of the northern Alberta community on the only road out of town.The mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the political jurisdiction that Fort McMurray is situated in, acknowledges the impact the natural disaster continues to have on the community as he reflects on the fire.“I meet young people all the time who still have bad dreams, who

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Banff, Fort McMurray await details before deciding on COVID-19 curfews

announced late Thursday that curfews could be imposed in municipalities where the virus case rate exceeds 1,000 per 100,000 people and if the local governments ask for one.

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Kenney announces changes COVID-19 vaccine strategy to target hardest-hit communities

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday changes to the province’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy to support the hard-hit communities of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Banff.

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Wood Buffalo mayor meets with health officials seeking additional support

Fort McMurray has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta and a state of local emergency in effect. As Morgan Black reports, officials within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo want the province to do more to help.

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Hinshaw announces updated COVID-19 measures to help Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw announces updated measures to help support the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo amid a local state of emergency as COVID-19 cases rise.

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Fort McMurray residents struggle with high COVID-19 case numbers

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has the highest active COVID-19 case rate in Alberta and Mayor Don Scott says action is needed to protect the community. Morgan Black has more on the challenges faced in the Fort McMurray area.

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State of local emergency to be declared in Fort McMurray area amid high COVID-19 cases

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo councillors passed a motion Sunday to declare a state of local emergency in the Fort McMurray area, in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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Dine-in service in HRM and Hants reopens after second lockdown

After a five-week COVID-19 lockdown, restaurants across the Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County can reopen for dine-in service. Alexa MacLean reports.

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Coronavirus: Halifax restaurants shake off the dine-in service rust after five-week lockdown

‘So reckless’: Vancouver restaurant blasted for 100-person NYE party flouting COVID rules He and others across the Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County were expecting dine-in service to reopen on Jan. 10.However, on Jan.

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Halifax restaurant owners feel left in the dark when it comes to COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19 update Wednesday in her Barrington Street cocktail lounge and dessert bar The Middle Spoon with two employees, anticipating they could re-open its dining room again.The restrictions, however, were extended.“We came into work early so we could all watch it together and then we all just kind of sunk in disbelief,” said Doherty.COVID-19 restrictions in the Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants County have been extended further into the new year, meaning no in-person dining until at least Jan. 11 for bars and restaurants.

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Hinshaw eases COVID-19 rules for people in Wood Buffalo dealing with flooding: Kenney

Premier Jason Kenney says the province’s chief medical officer of health is relaxing some COVID-19 restrictions for people who are dealing with flooding in northern Alberta.

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Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo declares secondary state of emergency due to flooding

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which is already under a state of local emergency because of COVID-19, has issued a second one due to flooding. Nicole Stillger has more.

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Mayor concerned by plan to move some seniors out of Fort McMurray hospital during COVID-19 crisis

Wood Buffalo’s mayor says he has written to Alberta’s health minister to raise concerns about seniors being moved out of a hospital in Fort McMurray to make sure there are enough beds to be ready for potential COVID-19 cases.

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