Archive for June, 2011

Jun 30, 2011
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Resident more cautious after stabbings

JASMINE FRANKLIN QMI Agency A weekend stabbing that killed twin teenage boys is leaving some residents on edge. Fort McMurray resident Noriel lives within a 10-minute walk of Borealis Park, the location where William and James Beck, 17, were found stabbed around 11:15 p.m.

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Jun 30, 2011
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Oil Baron top scorer breaks leg

GREG DOWNS Today staff The Fort McMurray Oil Barons could be going to Russia without one of their top scorers. Markus Gerbrandt, who was third in team scoring with 18 goals last season, and third in points with 56 the year before, broke his leg this week.

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Jun 28, 2011
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Knights get back on the horse with win

GREG DOWNS Today staff The Fort McMurray Knights got back into the win column Saturday with a 29-13 victory over the Grande Prairie Centaurs at Ron Morgan Field.

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Jun 28, 2011

Shell’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion — Dave and Tony’s Oil Sands Adventure

A light-hearted and informative video on the process of how Shell’s oil sands bitumen is mined, upgraded, refined and delivered to consumers’ gas (petrol) tanks. In less than a decade, Shell Canada has built an oil sands business capable of delivering over a quarter of a million barrels per day with the completion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion in May 2011 www.shell.ca www.shell.ca The safe delivery of this mega project is testimony to the efforts of tens of thousands of men and women from across Canada, and beyond

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Jun 28, 2011
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Twin brothers killed

Police are investigating the violent deaths of teenage twin brothers in a Fort McMurray, Alta., park Sunday night.

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Jun 28, 2011
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muhamed shows fort mcmurray steve how to pick up women

muhamed picking up a piece of ass in fort mac

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Jun 27, 2011
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Community celebrates Catholic heritage

DEVON JOHANNESSON Special to Today Heritage Park and the Fort McMurray Catholic Church came together Saturday to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the first Catholic mission in the community.

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Jun 26, 2011

The Stream – Policing Online Dissent & Fighting Dirty Oil with Social Media

In this episode: The arrest of Kuwaiti blogger Nasser Abul, the expulsion of Bahrain Polytechnic students, and the indigenous people of Canada’s campaign against the country’s mining for oil.

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Jun 24, 2011
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Derailed train carried sulfur

TREVOR HOWLETT Today staff RCMP blocked traffic along Highway 881 outside of Fort McMurray Thursday afternoon as a result of a six-car train derailment, near mile marker 268 roughly eight kilometres from Anzac.

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Jun 24, 2011
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Sloan opens with course record

GREG DOWNS Today staff Roger Sloan putted his way to a new course record and first round lead at the Syncrude Boreal Open Thursday afternoon at the Fort McMurray Golf Club. Both he and Alex Coe share the lead after firing seven-under-par 65′s to beat the previous mark of 66.

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Jun 24, 2011

Witness – To the Last Drop – Part 1

A small town Canada is facing the consequences of being the first to witness the impact of the Tar Sands project, which may be the tipping point for oil development in Canada. Filmmaker Tom Radford describes witnessing a David and Goliath struggle.

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Jun 24, 2011

Shell’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion — Meeting the world’s growing energy needs

In less than a decade, Shell Canada has built an oil sands business capable of delivering over a quarter of a million barrels per day with the completion of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project Expansion in May 2011 www.shell.ca www.shell.ca The safe delivery of this mega project is testimony to the efforts of tens of thousands of men and women from across Canada, and beyond. Over the next decade, Shell will further invest in our operations to increase production, reduce operating costs and advance strategies to improve our environmental performance. Alberta’s oil sands are an important source of secure energy in a world with increasing energy needs.

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Jun 23, 2011

Witness – To the Last Drop – Part 2

A small town Canada is facing the consequences of being the first to witness the impact of the Tar Sands project, which may be the tipping point for oil development in Canada. Filmmaker Tom Radford describes witnessing a David and Goliath struggle.

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Jun 21, 2011
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Catholic school board approves $2.9-million deficit

SHIRLEY LIN Today staff The Fort McMurray Catholic Board of Education is taking a huge gamble braving a larger deficit next year in light of education budget cuts province wide. The board approved a $2.9-million deficit budget Monday night in hopes that the impact will be minimal on classrooms.

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Jun 21, 2011
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Knights lose rainy game in Edmonton

GREG DOWNS Today staff The Fort McMurray Knights were all but washed out this past weekend. Saturday afternoon the Knights kicked off their fifth game of the season, losing to the Strathcona Druids RFC 20-15.

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