Tag Archives: Syndicated
Mayor Scott and Fire Chief Butz in Edmonton Speaking Out Against Consolidating Local EMS Dispatch Site
A meeting about Alberta Health Service’s plans to remove the local EMS dispatch site is happening at the Alberta legislature. Mayor Don Scott and Fire Chief Jody Butz are traveling down to Edmon...
Sep 23, 2020
Land Swaps Still Possible For Flood Area Residents If Province Provides 'Owed' Land
Land swaps could still be possible for people impacted by April’s flood. Wood Buffalo council spent five days over the past week discussing the next steps for the six flood-prone areas ultimatel...
Sep 22, 2020
New Poll Finds Majority of Canadians Want Economic Recovery Through Oil and Gas Sector
A national poll is finding the majority of Canadians believe the country’s economic recovery needs the oil and gas sector. Ipsos, a market research company, asked over 4,000 individuals in a fiv...
Sep 22, 2020
Fort McMurray Sees No New COVID-19 Cases For First Time in Over a Month
Fort McMurray is seeing no new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the first time in over a month. The province announced on Tuesday 150 new cases across Alberta, none of which were in Wood Buf...
Sep 22, 2020
Salvation Army Secures New Clothing Donation Site
You can once again drop off your clothing donations with the Salvation Army. The Suncor Energy Foundation is donating $40,000 to the organization to help them open a drop off-site at the old AMP build...
Sep 22, 2020
Deadline Approaching For Deferred Property Tax Payments
Deferred property taxes will soon have to be paid. The RMWB is reminding residents and businesses who took advantage of the pushback that late penalties will be added on to the payment if it’s n...
Sep 21, 2020
RMWB Asking Province And Feds To Help Cover Around $160M Needed For Finishing Flood Mitigation Work
The RMWB will be reaching out to the federal and provincial governments for funds to help with flood mitigation. Wood Buffalo council ended their five-day meeting marathon flood meeting on Monday task...
Sep 21, 2020
Ten New COVID-19 Cases Being Discovered in Wood Buffalo, 14 Additional Recoveries
Nine new COVID-19 cases are being discovered in Fort McMurray over the weekend. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced on Monday 358 new cases across the provinc...
Sep 21, 2020
UPDATE: Six COVID-19 Cases Linked To Four FMCSD Schools, Outbreaks Declared At St. Gabriel and Holy Trinity
Four Fort McMurray schools are dealing with COVID-19. An outbreak has been declared at St. Gabriel School and Holy Trinity as two cases are being discovered at each school, while Elsie Yanik School an...
Sep 20, 2020
Council Decides Next Steps in Six Flood-Prone Areas Over Four Day Discussion
Next steps have been decided for the six flood-prone areas. Wood Buffalo council met over the past four days where they decided future steps for downtown, Longboat Landing, Waterways, Draper, Ptarmiga...
Sep 18, 2020
