Regional Municipality Of Wood Buffalo

• Alberta wildfires: Military helping airlift evacuees out of Fort Chipewyan as threat increases

  The efforts to get people out of Fort Chipewyan were ramped up Wednesday and the Canadian Armed Forces is using a C-130J Hercules to airlift people south to Fort McMurray.

  Fire

  May 31
  
• Alberta wildfires: Fort Chipewyan, accessible by boat and air only, ordered to evacuate

  The wildfire is threatening Fort Chipewyan, north of Fort McMurray and only accessible by air and water, and evacuations are underway to airlift people south.

  Fire

  May 30
  
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• Evacuation alert lifted for parts of Alberta’s Wood Buffalo region as wildfire threat there eases

  While dozens of new wildfires sprung up across Alberta on Thursday, there was some good news on the fire front in parts of the Wood Buffalo region.

  Fire

  May 5
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• Area near Fort McMurray on alert as fire evacuations ordered in Alberta

  An evacuation alert, warning that people should be prepared to leave on short notice, has been issued for an area south of Fort McMurray.

  Canada

  May 2
• ‘Too close for comfort’: Some Fort McMurray residents on edge over fire near homes

  Some residents in Fort McMurray have been on edge the past few days following a wildfire that has burned close to some homes.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2022
• RM Wood Buffalo mayor calls for councillor to resign over comments about Indigenous people

  The mayor and council of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo are calling on one council member to resign after reports of derogatory comments aimed at Indigenous people.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2022
• Boil water advisory in place in Fort McKay following water distribution system issue

  While crews have been able to repair a leak in the water distribution system in Fort McKay, Alta., a boil water advisory remains in place in the community.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2021
• Alberta ombudsman says AHS decision on EMS dispatch not under her jurisdiction

  Decisions made by health authorities lay outside of the ombudsman's jurisdiction, according to a rare statement made by the province's independent investigator.

  Health

  Nov 26, 2021
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• Election 2021: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo results

  The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has three people running for mayor and 30 people running for council in four wards in the 2021 municipal election. 

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2021
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• Why did Canada’s two biggest COVID-19 workplace outbreaks get so big, so fast?

  Vaccinations appear to be having an impact on more than 20 outbreaks at oilsands work sites. The number of active cases has fallen to 335 from more than 1,100 a few weeks ago. 

  Canada

  May 30, 2021