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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging businesses to hire Canadian workers as his government announces new restrictions to limit low-wage temporary foreign workers. After facing intense criticism for the recent influx of temporary foreign workers, the Liberal government is bringing back pre-pandemic rules that made it more difficult for businesses to hire low-wage workers from […]

FORT McMURRAY, Alberta — Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. Cody Wallis, 39, of Fort McMurray, was last heard from on August 21, and police are concerned for his well-being. Wallis is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 190 pounds, with blonde hair, a medium […]

The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will help boost the supply of homes Canadians can afford.  Sean Fraser made the announcement Sunday in Halifax just ahead of a three-day […]

FORT McMURRAY, Alberta — Support staff from the Fort McMurray Catholic and Public School Divisions are set to hold a strike vote in early September. A letter obtained by Harvard Media News from CUPE Local 2559, which represents support staff at the Catholic schools, states that negotiations with the division have reached an impasse. Despite […]

Fort McMurray, AB — Wood Buffalo RCMP are currently on the scene of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 881, south of Anzac, near Long Lake Access Road. The Harvard Media News Centre received initial reports suggesting that the incident involves a Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Emergency vehicle, but further details are yet […]

Rail workers pushed back hard Friday against the federal government’s move to get them back on the job, with a new strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when freight traffic will fully resume. At Canadian National Railway Co., trains began to move again Friday morning as workers started to trickle back to […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP are investigating a shooting that took place downtown last night in Fort McMurray. Police were called to a backyard on Clark Crescent, where three gunshots were reportedly fired into the air. Witnesses say the shots came from a suspect’s rifle. No injuries have been reported from that incident. Police were able to […]

Canada’s High Commissioner to the U-K Ralph Goodale is back in Regina. As a long time MP for Regina Wascana, as well as a former cabinet minister, Goodale says its nice to come back home for a visit. He was speaking to the Canadian Club of Regina in an even live streamed on this web […]

Ottawa is stepping in to get freight trains moving again hours after an unprecedented lockout by the country’s two largest railways brought cross-country freight traffic to a standstill. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said Thursday he will use his Labour Code powers to ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose final, binding arbitration in the […]

On August 21, 2024, Broadview RCMP was advised by Manitoba RCMP that a stolen Dodge truck was travelling toward the area. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Moosomin RCMP located the Dodge on Highway #8 between Rocanville and Moosomin and attempted a traffic stop. It did not stop for police. Officers continued patrolling for it. At approximately […]