Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

• Fires and floods: How Fort McMurray is addressing risk of disaster 5 years after massive wildfire

  Five years after a wildfire tore through Fort McMurray, the fact that the community is in a boreal forest is much more front of mind for the people who live there.

  Features

  May 4
• Alberta changes COVID-19 vaccine rollout to support RMWB and Banff

  Alberta's Johnson and Johnson vaccine shipment will be directed to the Fort McMurray area and Banff, which are experiencing the highest rates of COVID-19 in the province.

  Canada

  Apr 28
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• State of local emergency declared in Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo amid high COVID-19 cases

  The state of local emergency means council will be voting on a number of enhanced measures at its next meeting on Tuesday.

  Health

  Apr 26
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• Judge grants interim injunction to Alberta government in EMS dispatch dispute

  Lawyers for the government argued Friday that Wood Buffalo wasn't following the Emergency Health Services Act by refusing to send calls to the provincial dispatch centre.

  Health

  Feb 12
• AHS files injunction to stop Wood Buffalo’s independent EMS dispatch decision

  AHS and Alberta Health have filed a joint application for an injunction to prevent the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo from not transferring 911 calls to AHS EMS dispatch.

  Health

  Feb 11
• Wood Buffalo mayor says he stands by decision to ‘defy and resist’ Alberta’s EMS consolidation

  "I challenge the provincial government to remove me as the mayor. I believe in this cause enough that I stand by it completely."

  Politics

  Feb 10
• Wood Buffalo council passes motion to defy Alberta’s consolidation of EMS dispatch services

  Wood Buffalo councillors passed a motion Tuesday that calls for the municipality's emergency communications centre to no longer transfer 911 calls to a provincial dispatch centre.

  Health

  Feb 10
• ‘This mistake is entirely preventable’: Alberta mayors push for pause in EMS dispatch consolidation

  Four Alberta mayors are calling on the premier to hit the pause button instead of flipping the switch on EMS dispatch consolidation.

  Canada

  Jan 11
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• Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding

  Many Fort McMurray residents are still struggling with repairs and cleanup following the spring flooding.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2020
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• Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo fined for releasing chlorine gas

  A regional municipality in northern Alberta has been fined for releasing chlorine gas at a water treatment plant.

  Environment

  Sep 11, 2020