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River breakup is still in progress on the Clearwater River. Water levels fell overnight and today on the Clearwater River but remain high due to a small ice jam at the mouth of the Clearwater River and from snowmelt.

A Public Hearing is scheduled for May 26, 2026, regarding text amendments to the portable sign regulations within Land Use Bylaw No. 26/001. 

A Public Hearing is scheduled for June 23, 2026, regarding a proposed change to remove the date restriction on the campground use as described in the DC-C4 – Direct Control Highway Commercial District. This amendment specifically affects the operation of an existing campground located on the parcel legally described as Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 0223773, municipally addressed as 395 Sakitawaw Trail, operating as Centennial Campground. 

It’s Emergency Preparedness Week in the region and across Canada. This is a time to learn, plan, and prepare for emergencies. Wrap up the week on May 8 at kiyām Community Park for the Emergency Preparedness BBQ, held in partnership with ATCO. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The front of the ice jam near Fort McMurray has now melted past the meeting point of the Clearwater and Athabasca Rivers and continues to melt with warmer temperatures. It has shrunk by an additional 3 km since yesterday and is now approximately 12.5 km long. 

The ice run from the Town of Athabasca released earlier today and is expected to meet the existing downstream ice jam near Fort McMurray by tomorrow evening.