Laura Beamish
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Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high for AJHL's upcoming season
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content He spent the off-season tinkering with the team’s brand and roster, and signed more than 10 players this past summer. Training camp began on Aug.
Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high for AJHL's upcoming season
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content He spent the off-season tinkering with the team’s brand and roster, and signed more than 10 players this past summer. Training camp began on Aug.
Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high for AJHL's upcoming season
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content He spent the off-season tinkering with the team’s brand and roster, and signed more than 10 players this past summer. Training camp began on Aug.
Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high for AJHL's upcoming season
The Fort McMurray Oil Barons practice on day two of their 2022-2023 season training camp at Ceterfire Place on Friday, August 26, 2022. Laura Beamish/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high for AJHL's upcoming season
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content He spent the off-season tinkering with the team’s brand and roster, and signed more than 10 players this past summer. Training camp began on Aug.
Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high for AJHL's upcoming season
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content He spent the off-season tinkering with the team’s brand and roster, and signed more than 10 players this past summer. Training camp began on Aug.
Health foundation's Festival of Trees fundraiser returning to in-person event Original
Article content The Northern Lights Health Foundation’s annual Festival of Trees event will be an in-person event this November for the first time since 2019. The past two events were held online because of COVID-19 restrictions. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content This year’s event will be held from Nov. 18 to 20.
Health foundation's Festival of Trees fundraiser returning to in-person event
Article content The Northern Lights Health Foundation’s annual Festival of Trees event will be an in-person event this November for the first time since 2019. The past two events were held online because of COVID-19 restrictions. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content This year’s event will be held from Nov. 18 to 20.
Fort McMurray Oil Barons set the bar high ahead of upcoming AJHL season Original
Article content Adam Manah, head coach and general manager of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, is excited for the upcoming season. He spent the off-season tinkering with the team’s brand and roster, and signed more than 10 players this past summer. Training camp began on Aug. 25 ahead of the AJHL’s upcoming 2022-23 season in September. “We feel really good on the recruiting end,” said Manah in an interview.
Two opioid related deaths reported in June in Fort McMurray
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Two people in Fort McMurray died from opioid overdoses in June, according to data released by the Alberta government’s substance use surveillance system. Both deaths were linked to non-pharmaceutical opioids. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content This brings the municipality’s drug poisoning deaths to five as of the end of June.
Two opioid related deaths reported in June in Fort McMurray
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Two people in Fort McMurray died from opioid overdoses in June, according to data released by the Alberta government’s substance use surveillance system. Both deaths were linked to non-pharmaceutical opioids. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content This brings the municipality’s drug poisoning deaths to five as of the end of June.
Two opioid related deaths reported in June in Fort McMurray
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Two people in Fort McMurray died from opioid overdoses in June, according to data released by the Alberta government’s substance use surveillance system. Both deaths were linked to non-pharmaceutical opioids. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content This brings the municipality’s drug poisoning deaths to five as of the end of June.
Fort McMurray athletes win multiple medals at 2022 Canada Summer Games Original
Article content “You alway want to do better afterwards, usually, but hindsight, right? In the moment I think I did pretty good,” he said. “The team was great at Canada games. Everyone just supporting everyone, great energy. Very inspiring.” Ewashko said he’s proud of how he competed. He met the rest of the Alberta team for the first time when he training started about two weeks ago in Calgary.
Fort McMurray hosts successful 2022 Baseball Canada 18U Championships Original
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Hundreds of baseball players, coaches, team and administrative staff, and families from across Canada competed in Fort McMurray for the 2022 Baseball Canada 18U National Championship. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Gallery: India's Independence Day celebrated with food, performances and cricket Original
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Hundreds of people gathered for food, performances and cricket to celebrate India’s 75th Independence Day at the Syncrude Athletic Park on Aug. 20. India became a nation on Aug. 15, 1947, but organizers with the Fort McMurray Gujarati Cultural Society (FMGCS) hosted a later event for availability reasons.
Gallery: India's Independence Day celebrated with food, performances and cricket
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Hundreds of people gathered for food, performances and cricket to celebrate India’s 75th Independence Day at the Syncrude Athletic Park on Aug. 20. India became a nation on Aug. 15, 1947, but organizers with the Fort McMurray Gujarati Cultural Society (FMGCS) hosted a later event for availability reasons.
Gallery: India's Independence Day celebrated with food, performances and cricket
Dancers perform at the India Independence Day celebrations at Syncrude Athletic Park in Fort McMurray on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Laura Beamish/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network jpg, FM Article content Hundreds of people gathered for food, performances and cricket to celebrate India’s 75th Independence Day at the Syncrude Athletic Park on Aug. 20. India became a nation on Aug.
Peter Powder resigns as chief of Mikisew Cree First Nation
Article content Peter Powder has resigned as chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN). In a video posted to his Facebook page on Thursday morning, Powder said he was stepping down to be closer with family and because of health concerns. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “I don’t want to be away from my children anymore.
Peter Powder resigns as chief of Mikisew Cree First Nation
Article content Peter Powder has resigned as chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN). In a video posted to his Facebook page on Thursday morning, Powder said he was stepping down to be closer with family and because of health concerns. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “I don’t want to be away from my children anymore.
Four volt hockey players from Fort McMurray join Team Alberta for World Cup in Sweden
Article content Four Fort McMurray volt hockey players are heading to Gävle, Sweden in September to compete with team Alberta at the Volt Hockey World Cup. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Volt hockey has chairs positioned low to the ground. The chairs are operated by a joystick and a blade attached to the chair’s front allows the athlete to control the ball.
Four volt hockey players from Fort McMurray join Team Alberta for World Cup in Sweden
Article content Four Fort McMurray volt hockey players are heading to Gävle, Sweden in September to compete with team Alberta at the Volt Hockey World Cup. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Volt hockey has chairs positioned low to the ground. The chairs are operated by a joystick and a blade attached to the chair’s front allows the athlete to control the ball.
Four volt hockey players from Fort McMurray join Team Alberta for World Cup in Sweden
Joshua Fitzpatrick joins team Alberta to compete at the Volt Hockey World Cup in Sweden in September. Supplied image/Variety - the Children's Charity of Alberta Photo by Ron LeBlanc /jpg, FM Article content Four Fort McMurray volt hockey players are heading to Gävle, Sweden in September to compete with team Alberta at the Volt Hockey World Cup. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Fort McMurray guitar builder turns hobby into a career
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. What started as a hobby has become a full-time job. Simon Budd of SjB Guitars has about 25 orders for other custom guitars and has built more than 100 since he started 12 years ago. Article content Simon Budd’s workbench is covered in wood shavings and surrounded by tools as he shapes what will become the body of a custom built acoustic guitar.
Fort McMurray guitar builder turns hobby into a career
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. What started as a hobby has become a full-time job. Simon Budd of SjB Guitars has about 25 orders for other custom guitars and has built more than 100 since he started 12 years ago. Article content Simon Budd’s workbench is covered in wood shavings and surrounded by tools as he shapes what will become the body of a custom built acoustic guitar.
Fort McMurray guitar builder turns hobby into a career
Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. What started as a hobby has become a full-time job. Simon Budd of SjB Guitars has about 25 orders for other custom guitars and has built more than 100 since he started 12 years ago. Article content Simon Budd’s workbench is covered in wood shavings and surrounded by tools as he shapes what will become the body of a custom built acoustic guitar.
Fort McMurray guitar builder turns hobby into a career
What started as a hobby has become a full-time job. Simon Budd of SjB Guitars has about 25 orders for other custom guitars and has built more than 100 since he started 12 years ago. Simon Budd plays the first guitar he ever made in his workshop in Fort McMurray on Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
Huskies Esports joins national esports advisory board, prepares for upcoming season Original
Article content Hanna joins Keyano from the University of Rio Grande in Ohio, where he worked as the assistant Esports director from July 2021 to May 2022. Before that, he was a production assistant at Windsor’s St. Clair College in 2021, an event coordinator with the Intercollegiate Game Network in 2020 and the Esports club president at Wilfrid Laurier University for the 2019-20 academic year.
Huskies Esports joins national esports advisory board, prepares for upcoming season
Article content Hanna joins Keyano from the University of Rio Grande in Ohio, where he worked as the assistant Esports director from July 2021 to May 2022. Before that, he was a production assistant at Windsor’s St. Clair College in 2021, an event coordinator with the Intercollegiate Game Network in 2020 and the Esports club president at Wilfrid Laurier University for the 2019-20 academic year.
Huskies Esports joins national esports advisory board, prepares for upcoming season
Article content Hanna joins Keyano from the University of Rio Grande in Ohio, where he worked as the assistant Esports director from July 2021 to May 2022. Before that, he was a production assistant at Windsor’s St. Clair College in 2021, an event coordinator with the Intercollegiate Game Network in 2020 and the Esports club president at Wilfrid Laurier University for the 2019-20 academic year.
Huskies Esports joins national esports advisory board, prepares for upcoming season
Article content Hanna joins Keyano from the University of Rio Grande in Ohio, where he worked as the assistant Esports director from July 2021 to May 2022. Before that, he was a production assistant at Windsor’s St. Clair College in 2021, an event coordinator with the Intercollegiate Game Network in 2020 and the Esports club president at Wilfrid Laurier University for the 2019-20 academic year.
Weather radar station south of Fort McMurray will begin operating in upcoming months Original
Article content A new weather radar station from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) will mean more accurate weather predictions for Fort McMurray when it becomes operational in the next few months. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Located approximately 40 km south of Fort McMurray and east of Highway 63, the new radar station will be able to detect weather patterns within a 240 km range.
Keyano Huskies' new women's volleyball coach prepares for upcoming season
Article content Keyano’s newest coach Hayden Nichol plans on improving the performance of the women’s volleyball team during the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The team finished the 2021-22 regular season with 7 wins and nine losses. In the playoffs, the Huskies won their first game 3-1 against the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder, before losing 3-0 to the Lakeland Rustlers.
Keyano Huskies' new women's volleyball coach prepares for upcoming season
Article content Keyano’s newest coach Hayden Nichol plans on improving the performance of the women’s volleyball team during the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The team finished the 2021-22 regular season with 7 wins and nine losses. In the playoffs, the Huskies won their first game 3-1 against the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder, before losing 3-0 to the Lakeland Rustlers.
Keyano Huskies' new women's volleyball coach prepares for upcoming season
Keyano Huskies women's volleyball coach Hayden Nichol. Photo by Robert Murray/Huskies Athletics jpg, FM Article content Keyano’s newest coach Hayden Nichol plans on improving the performance of the women’s volleyball team during the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The team finished the 2021-22 regular season with 7 wins and nine losses.
Keyano Huskies' new women's volleyball coach prepares for upcoming season
Article content Keyano’s newest coach Hayden Nichol plans on improving the performance of the women’s volleyball team during the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The team finished the 2021-22 regular season with 7 wins and nine losses. In the playoffs, the Huskies won their first game 3-1 against the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder, before losing 3-0 to the Lakeland Rustlers.
Keyano Huskies' new women's volleyball coach prepares for upcoming season
Article content Keyano’s newest coach Hayden Nichol plans on improving the performance of the women’s volleyball team during the upcoming season. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The team finished the 2021-22 regular season with 7 wins and nine losses. In the playoffs, the Huskies won their first game 3-1 against the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder, before losing 3-0 to the Lakeland Rustlers.
Buddy Up program encourages men to be open about mental health struggles
Article content Finning Canada’s Fort McMurray heavy equipment team has launched a campaign encouraging men to talk about their mental health. Called the Buddy Up campaign, organizers hope it will challenge stigmas men face when seeking help for mental health issues. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Buddy Up program encourages men to be open about mental health struggles
Mark Wilson, mining technology operations supervisor with Finning Canada, initiates the Buddy Up campaign for his team in Fort McMurray. Supplied image png, FM Article content Finning Canada’s Fort McMurray heavy equipment team has launched a campaign encouraging men to talk about their mental health. Called the Buddy Up campaign, organizers hope it will challenge stigmas men face when seeking help for mental health issues.
Buddy Up program encourages men to be open about mental health struggles
Article content Finning Canada’s Fort McMurray heavy equipment team has launched a campaign encouraging men to talk about their mental health. Called the Buddy Up campaign, organizers hope it will challenge stigmas men face when seeking help for mental health issues. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Buddy Up program encourages men to be open about mental health struggles
Article content Finning Canada’s Fort McMurray heavy equipment team has launched a campaign encouraging men to talk about their mental health. Called the Buddy Up campaign, organizers hope it will challenge stigmas men face when seeking help for mental health issues. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Buddy Up program encourages men to be open about mental health struggles
Article content Finning Canada’s Fort McMurray heavy equipment team has launched a campaign encouraging men to talk about their mental health. Called the Buddy Up campaign, organizers hope it will challenge stigmas men face when seeking help for mental health issues. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Wood Buffalo RCMP charge Edmonton man with armed robbery Original
Article content Wood Buffalo RCMP have charged an Edmonton man with armed robbery following an alleged incident near Gregoire Lake Provincial Park. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content On Aug. 2 at approximately 8 p.m., officers responded to a report that gunshots had been fired near Gregoire Lake Provincial Park. When officers arrived, they found a woman with minor physical injuries.
Wood Buffalo RCMP charge Edmonton man with armed robbery
Article content Wood Buffalo RCMP have charged an Edmonton man with armed robbery following an alleged incident near Gregoire Lake Provincial Park. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content On Aug. 2 at approximately 8 p.m., officers responded to a report that gunshots had been fired near Gregoire Lake Provincial Park. When officers arrived, they found a woman with minor physical injuries.
Fort McMurray Islamic community plants first of 1,000 trees outside mosque
Article content The first of what will eventually become 1,000 trees was planted outside the Fort McMurray Islamic Centre in Abraham’s Landing on Saturday, as construction of the mosque’s first phase nears completion. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content More than 100 trees were planted by more than 100 people outside the building. The trees were sponsored by community members for at least $150.
Fort McMurray Islamic community plants first of 1,000 trees outside mosque
Article content The first of what will eventually become 1,000 trees was planted outside the Fort McMurray Islamic Centre in Abraham’s Landing on Saturday, as construction of the mosque’s first phase nears completion. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content More than 100 trees were planted by more than 100 people outside the building. The trees were sponsored by community members for at least $150.
Fort McMurray Islamic community plants first of 1,000 trees outside mosque
People help plant trees outside the Fort McMurray Islamic Centre in Abraham’s Landing on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Laura Beamish/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network Article content The first of what will eventually become 1,000 trees was planted outside the Fort McMurray Islamic Centre in Abraham’s Landing on Saturday, as construction of the mosque’s first phase nears completion. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Fort McMurray Islamic community plants first of 1,000 trees outside mosque
Article content The first of what will eventually become 1,000 trees was planted outside the Fort McMurray Islamic Centre in Abraham’s Landing on Saturday, as construction of the mosque’s first phase nears completion. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content More than 100 trees were planted by more than 100 people outside the building. The trees were sponsored by community members for at least $150.
Fort McMurray mayor says municipality ready for possible future oilsands boom, but will be different Original
Article content “The infrastructure that we had at that point did not support the kind of growth that we were experiencing,” said Blake. “We’re much better off if it were to occur again.” Dianna de Sousa, executive director of the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce, said many people are hoping for another boom but said labour will continue to be challenging for businesses. Resourcing, supply chain issues and inflation will also add challenges.
Anthrax outbreak in Wood Buffalo National Park monitored after at least 59 wood bison die
Article content Parks Canada is monitoring an anthrax outbreak in a remote area of Wood Buffalo National Park after staff discovered the remains of 59 wood bison that recently died. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The remains of the animals are being examined, but at least three are lab-confirmed cases.
Anthrax outbreak in Wood Buffalo National Park monitored after at least 59 wood bison die
A bison near Claire Lake in Wood Buffalo National Park. Rick MacWilliam/Edmonton Journal Photo by Rick MacWilliam /Edmonton Journal Article content Parks Canada is monitoring an anthrax outbreak in a remote area of Wood Buffalo National Park after staff discovered the remains of 59 wood bison that recently died. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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