Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray’s Community Health Services is receiving a national award for supporting mothers and newborns. The Alberta Health Services (AHS) facility is Alberta’s first community public health centre to receive the Baby-Friendly designation by the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada. Originally developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, the initiative recognizes the high standard of […]

Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo will be in the path of a partial solar eclipse this weekend. The annular solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, October 14th, starting at 9:23 a.m. and reaching its maximum at 10:31 a.m., with just over 43 per cent of the sun’s disk covered by the moon. Richard Covey, an amateur […]

The RMWB is preparing its winter maintenance program ahead of the first big snowfall. Roads within the RMWB are sectioned into certain routes and the Winter Maintenance Zone program. Major roads, school zones, and steep hills are prioritized after snowfall however they will avoid plowing school zones between the hours of 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 […]

Speculation is swirling about a Seinfeld reunion or possibly even a new season of the show after comments by Jerry Seinfeld at a stand-up show in Boston this past weekend. An audience member asked if Seinfeld liked the series finale to the incredibly popular sitcom. The answer was mysterious, but he did stress “something is […]

Time to fire a few synapses and get the brain working again. Imagine you’ve been tasted with inventing a new candy for Halloween – what do you call it?

Council has voted to approve a presentation to present a Poverty Reduction Plan for the RMWB. Councillor Funky Banjoko brought the motion forward at the Sept. 12 council meeting and discussions took place at the Oct. 10 meeting. Councillor Banjoko said the RMWB is unique in some ways when it comes to cost of living […]

The Artisan Square is stepping up to host this year’s Christmas Market. The recent trade show and artisan markets are typically organized by the Chamber of Commerce and they were exploring bringing back the Christmas Market. However, the event was cancelled due to scheduling issues with the venue. The Chamber explored other venues to host […]

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is out with its photo radar locations for the week. For the week of October 9th, the RMWB says that Automated Traffic Enforcement will set up along: The Municipality is reminding drivers that while these areas are the focus of photo radar enforcement, the unit may move to […]

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is adding 70 newly recruited nurses from various international backgrounds to their staff.   Approximately 50 of them are designated for AHS’ North Zone, which includes Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo. These nurses come from 15 different countries and have successfully met all the requisite criteria for practicing in Alberta. Fadumo Robinson, […]

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