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Here’s everything you need to know about holiday services over the Easter long weekend, including transit, landfill and office hours, curbside collection, and options for outdoor fun. 

Subzones 1 and 2 are active from April 6 to April 10 for snow removal with on-street parking restrictions in effect.  

Pursuant to Section 194 of the Municipal Government Act, RSA. 2000 c.M-26, a Special Council Meeting is hereby scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. on April 7, 2026, in the Jubilee Centre Council Chamber

The Municipality is preparing for warmer spring temperatures. Crews are actively working to reduce the risk of water pooling and drainage issues from this winter’s above-average snowfall.

Through the federal government’s Homelessness Reduction Innovation Fund (HRIF), the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) contributed $367,296 to the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB). This funding will go to the Salvation Army to hire two temporary positions, including a homelessness prevention coordinator and a rent bank program specialist to support its Homelessness Prevention Project.

Starting on Friday, the Fort Chipewyan Winter Road and La Loche Winter Trail load limits are reducing to 5,000 kg for passenger vehicles, before closing for the season on Tuesday, April 7. 

Starting on Tuesday, April 7, the load limits on municipal gravel roads are being lowered to 75 per cent of the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). 

With longer days and increased construction activity ahead, this quarter’s bulletin provides timely information to help you plan and build with confidence. Safety and compliance remain our shared priority and the following updates and reminders contain important information to keep projects on track this spring.

TAKE NOTICE, that the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has received an appeal against a Development Officer’s Refusal of Development Permit No. 2025-DP-00399, an application for a Sea-can, at the property known as Lot 2A, Block 32, Plan 8520960, being 380 Silin Forest Road, Fort McMurray, Alberta.  An appeal hearing has been scheduled to occur on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.