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The Municipality is launching a new transit safety campaign to improve understanding of acceptable behaviour on buses and at stops.

“Everyone is welcome on public transit, and...

Interim CAO appointed, search for permanent CAO to get underway

(Fort McMurray, AB – April 27, 2022) –  Regional Council has received the resignation of Chief Administrative...

Over 200 applications submitted from downtown businesses

Starting May 16, 2022, the Downtown Revitalization Incentives Program will offer businesses $3M of additional incentives...

Property tax notices to be mailed in May; deadline to pay is June 30

On April 26, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) Council approved the 2022 Tax Rate Bylaw.

For...

The Municipality unveiled Indigenous Reconciliation Artworks in Council Chambers during a special ceremony held April 25.

Originally stemming from a Council motion in 2019, the...

(Fort McMurray, AB – April 24, 2022) – River breakup has been declared today, April 24. This means there is no longer a significant risk of ice jams causing flooding along...

Stabbed by soldier at 1990 Oka Crisis, Mohawk activist went on to achieve Olympic dreams and champion reconciliation as a practice

The next speaker in the Indigenous Speaker...

(Fort McMurray, AB – April 14, 2022) – As the river breakup and wildfire seasons get underway, the Municipality is reminding residents of the Vulnerable Persons Registry (VPR)...

(Fort McMurray, AB – April 13, 2022) – As temperatures are expected to warm up in the coming days, ice on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers will continue to melt. Community members...

Youth opportunity to become a community influencer 

Building relationships and understanding community priorities is an important objective to the RCMP. The Regional Municipality...

Community Cleanup program launches registration

Enjoy the outdoors and keep your neighbourhood clean and beautiful by registering for Community Cleanup or choosing to Adopt-a-Trail...

(Fort McMurray, AB – April 11, 2022) – Regional Emergency Services (RES) joined an elite group having been recognized by The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch^®...

June 6, 2022 - Update - All spring load limits for gravel roads have been removed. 

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Beginning April 11, 2022, the load limits on Municipal gravel...

Annual Policing Priorities Virtual Open House

Wood Buffalo RCMP is hosting their Annual Policing Priorities in a virtual open house being held Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Earlier...

Deadline to Apply extended to Monday, April 18

(Fort McMurray, AB – March 31, 2022) – The Municipality is looking for knowledgeable community members to join a new advisory committee...