Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo councillors in Fort McMurray are digging their heels in and pulling out of Alberta’s consolidated dispatch centres. On Tuesday night, they voted unanimously to stop transferring 911 calls to Alberta Health Services. As Nicole Stillger reports, the mayor says he’s standing by the decision even if it costs him his job.
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