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Cortez and 10 other people were part of the Indigenous Haul Truck Program, a six-week training course for First Nation, Métis and Inuit adults in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area. Graduates are guaranteed a paid work placement with Syncrude, Suncor, Fort McKay Group of Companies or Tuccaro.

The Fort McKay Group of Companies and Fort McKay First Nation have unveiled two 777 haul trucks to commemorate Indian residential school survivors and those children that did not make it home and to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Investments from the private sector, coupled with $40 million in loan guarantee support from the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), and a partnership with Suncor Energy will allow eight Indigenous communities from northeastern Alberta to share $16 million in annual revenue from the Northern Courier Pipeline System.

Birch Mountain Enterprises and Fort McKay Group of Companies has announced a $150,000 donation towards the Helicopter Emergency Response Organization.

Calgary, Alberta, Aug. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Business Council of Alberta (BCA) launches Define the Decade, a major research and economic strategy initiative that will engage with Albertans to co-create a vision for Alberta’s future and a framework to build shared prosperity for all Albertans through a competitive, inclusive, and sustainable economy.