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Province Providing Funds To Help Local Daycare Open During Pandemic
An additional daycare centre in Fort McMurray is being allowed to open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, the provincial government provided funds to over 200 facilities to help them reo...
Apr 23, 2020
COVID-19 Isolation Facility Set Up in Fort McMurray For First Nation Members Across RMWB
An isolation facility is up and running in Fort McMurray for members of the First Nations. The Athabasca Tribal Council is overseeing the centre to allow those who get COVID-19 a spot to self-isolate ...
Apr 23, 2020
Winter Road Maintenance Public Survey Being Extended
You are being invited to give your feedback on winter road maintenance in the RMWB. The public survey is hoping to get your opinion for primary, secondary and tertiary routes as well as the WMZ progra...
Apr 23, 2020
RCMP Encouraging Residents To Wear Red In Honour of Nova Scotia Shooting Victims
You’re being asked to wear red on Friday to honour the victims of the Nova Scotia shooting. Wood Buffalo RCMP are asking local residents to take part as they remember Heidi Stevenson, a 23-year ...
Apr 23, 2020
Holding the Fort
If you want to give thanks to someone you know who is working through this, someone who has gone above and beyond, or give thanks to our front line workers give us a call! 780-791-1037
Apr 22, 2020
Linked COVID-19 Cases To Kearl Lake Jumps To 32, No New Cases in Fort McMurray
The number of COVID-19 cases linked to the Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake site is jumping to 32. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced on Wednesday nine new ca...
Apr 22, 2020
Fort Chipewyan Receiving Funds To Have Community School Renovated or Rebuilt
Fort Chipewyan is receiving funds to rebuild or replace the community’s school. The provincial government is providing funds within their 2020 budget for the project. Currently, students attend ...
Apr 22, 2020
UPDATE: RCMP Locate Missing 53-Year-Old Woman
Wood Buffalo RCMP have found a missing 53-year-old woman. On April 14, around 3 a.m., the police received a report of a 911 hang up from the mobile phone of April Louise Kaskimin. After nearly 10 days...
Apr 22, 2020
Victoria Royals Select Fort McMurray Kid In Top 10 of WHL Draft
A local hockey player is set to take his talents to the Western Hockey League. Austin Zemlak was selected ninth overall by the Victoria Royals in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft on Wednesday. This past seas...
Apr 22, 2020
RMWB Lowering Municipal Flags To Half-Mast To Honour Nova Scotia Shooting Victims
Flags at the municipal building are being flown at half-mast to honour the victims of the Nova Scotia Shooting. At least 22 people were killed last weekend including Heidi Stevenson, a 23-year veteran...
Apr 22, 2020
