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The Fort McMurray International Airport (YMM) is landing more worldwide aclaim. Airports Council International (ACI) named YMM as the winner of four prestigious Air Service Quality awards. The airport clinched the titles of: “I couldn’t be happier to receive this news,” says Denean Robinson, President and CEO, of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority.  “Team YMM […]

Warm weather is in the forecast this week, but the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is still out keeping our streets plowed and safe. The municipality is activating Winter Maintenance Zones 3 and 4 this week as they continue to clean up from the recent snowfall. If you live in these zones, parking restrictions will […]

Fort McKay First Nation and Suncor Energy are partnering to explore potential oil sands projects on the First Nation. On March 7th, the energy giant and the First Nation inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a potential oil sands project located within the reserve lands of the Fort McKay First Nation. The […]

Warm weather is on the way, bringing changes to the Fort Chipewyan and La Loche winter roads. Beginning Saturday, March 9, vehicles over 5,000 kg will be restricted to nighttime travel only. That means heavy vehicles can only travel the route between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. The roads will remain open to light passenger […]

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is preparing for the annual river breakup. The RMWB will be setting up their seasonal flood mitigation measures over the next three weeks and they hope to have the work completed by month’s end. With the permanent flood barriers in place, the RMWB says there will be fewer […]

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) is suing the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). During a town hall meeting in Fort Chipewyan on Tuesday, Chief Allan Adam handed a notice of lawsuit to the CEO of AER, Laurie Pushor. The First Nation alleges the Energy Regulator engaged in “negligence, nuisance, breach of the duty to consult, breach […]

A Red Deer man is facing several firearms charges after being arrested in Fort Chipewyan. During a patrol on Sunday, police spotted an ATV being driven dangerously along Delta Road and conducted a stop. RCMP arrested the driver and conducted a search which uncovered a loaded 9-millimeter handgun with hollow-point ammunition. 19-year-old Keanu Redbear has […]

Calgary’s MEG Energy is starting a new chapter in the company’s history. Derek Evans will be stepping down as President and CEO of the oil sands major as well as relinquishing his position on the company’s Board of Directors. Current Chief Operating Officer, Darlene Gates will be taking over his position effective May 1st. “Derek […]

A super-heavy, super-sized load is heading up Highway 63 starting in the early morning of March 6. The 444,000-kilogram monster is 8.7 meters wide, 10.2 meters tall, and 69.5 meters long. It requires a trailer with 192 wheels to carry it up the highway to Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo. The heavy wide load will make […]

As the region continues to dig out from yesterday’s snowfall, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB)  is changing its Winter Maintenance Zone (WMZ) plans for the week. Beginning Wednesday, March 6th, and continuing through to Friday, March 8th, the Municipality is activating subzones 1 and 2. That means on-street parking restrictions will be in […]