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Over a dozen individuals and groups are bringing home Buffy Awards from the Arts Council of Wood Buffalo. The Council hosted “An Evening in Moulin Rouge” on Saturday night to deliver their Wood Buffalo Excellence in Arts awards held at the Suncor Centre for the Performing Arts. The evening featured performances by local ensembles Uptown! […]

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo’s (RMWB) Bylaw Services is out with the list of Photo Radar locations for the week of October 23rd. This week you can look for Automated Traffic Enforcement to set up along: Bylaw Services says that while these areas will be the focus of Automated Traffic Enforcement this week, the […]

A peaceful rally and counter-protest were held outside of the courthouse early Saturday afternoon. The rally was called the “Worldwide Stop the War on Children Rally” and protested sexual orientation and gender identity, also known as SOGI 123, being taught in schools. The counter-protest was organized by Pride YMM under the name “Stand Up to […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is joining the fray over Alberta’s potential exit from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). During a speech to the United Nurses of Alberta, AFL President Gil McGowan said Albertans need a public campaign to keep us in the CPP. “We need a ‘remain’ campaign – a campaign to keep […]

A Fort McMurray man is facing drug-related charges following a police investigation in Fort McMurray. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) with the help of Wood Buffalo RCMP executed a search warrant on a Timberlea apartment on October 4th. Police found 112 grams of suspected cocaine along with $11,235 in cash. Staff Sgt. Mark […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP says they will continue to monitor local demonstrations related to the conflict in the Middle East. The police say the rising violence in The Levant is a concern to residents of Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo, and they are expecting continued demonstrations against violence in our community. The RCMP are working with their […]

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the actions of Wood Buffalo RCMP in a recent shooting incident. Around 4:05 p.m. on September 27th, Police responded to multiple 9-1-1 calls concerning a man with a gun in the Beaconwood Place area. RCMP says a 33-year-old male approached a woman at her residence and […]

The Otipemisiwak Métis Government is welcoming back 30 residential school survivors. The Métis bearers of the residential school legacy participated in a Land-Based Healing Retreat at Métis Crossing a few hundred kilometers south of Fort McMurray from October 13-15. This first-of-its-kind program offered them an opportunity to engage with Métis heritage and culture through art […]

The “Raining Dreams” exhibition at Mac Island will run until the end of the month. This exhibition features original work by local artist Lasha Barbosa, who began her artistic journey in 2019 after undergoing life-altering brain surgery. Following the surgery, Barbosa needed to redevelop her basic motor and cognitive functions, and she turned to art […]

Regional Emergency Services (RES) will be conducting a controlled burn this week. Fire Crews from RES along with Alberta Wildfire will be out at Morgan Heights and Harpe Heights in the Timberlea neighbourhood overseeing a hazard reduction burn to help reduce the wildfire risk in the area. The hazard reduction burns in Timberlea are planned […]