Wood Buffalo RCMP are searching for the suspects involved in a downtown assault.

Police responded to the scene outside Boomtown Casino around 1:30a.m today where several people had assaulted a 48-year old man.

Two suspects were seen leaving the area in a a white four-door car.

The victim was left with head injuries as a result of the altercation and was transported to the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre for medical treatment.

There is word yet on his condition.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact police at 780-788-4000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

A key player in Alberta's carbon slashing strategy is offering up some financial backing for green industry projects.

The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation is putting 50-million dollars in funding up for grabs.

Submissions are now open and eligible projects will cut emissions through a number of methods, including extraction, upgrading and refining.

In Alberta, polluters which exceed their carbon limits are forced to pay penalties which are then re-invested through the corporation into the development of clean technologies.

The agency has already launched an industry challenge, offering up 35 million dollars to a winning plan to convert emissions into new carbon based products.

It's not quite the starry night most people picture, sleeping outside on Fort McMurray's streets.

But a local homeless shelter wants people to rough it out the same way its clients do every night.

The Centre of Hope is hosting Hope in the Dark, an overnight stay outdoors to raise money and awareness about homelessness.

"Our patients that 'sleep rough' sleep in vehicles, in tents, in cardboards, on pavements, in stairways and out in the bushes," says Centre Coordinator Vanja Taha.

Participants can donate to the shelter, with the cost varying for whether you want to sleep on a box, in a sleeping bag or in a tent. The more luxurious, the bigger the donation.

Taha says the Centre doesn't have enough beds for the homeless and clients are often forced to sleep in the streets.

"We only have one shelter that is open, that does not have adequate space. So this time of the year we have about 46 patrons that we know of that sleep rough."

One night doesn't compare to what an homeless person experiences all year round, but Taha says the experience is an eye-opener to the public.

"I'm very sure [it] will make them think and realize that there are so many people that do this day in, day out, whether it's -20 or plus 20. We are just hoping to raise awareness on what it's like."

People can register for Hope in the Dark online. The event is scheduled for May 25 outside the Clearwater Education Centre.