The Kiyām Community Park in downtown Fort McMurray is not expected to open to the public until 2022, after a number of factors have caused a delay in the park’s construction. The municipality says the anticipated budget for the park remains unchanged at $5 million.

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The business and social profit organizations of the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area have high hopes for the new council as the region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020 flood and an economic crisis from a crash in global oil prices.

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Local business owner Sandy Bowman will be the next mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

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Traffic at Fort McMurray International Airport has slowly increased to about 50 per cent of pre-COVID-19 traffic levels.

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Council heard an update on flood mitigation in the region, including buyouts in Ptarmigan Court, ongoing improvements and preparing for river breakup 2022.

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Council is holding its first meeting back since the start of the summer break and it’s last meeting before the municipal election on Oct. 18. The meeting will include a report on the municipality’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and hearing an update on flood mitigation work in their last meeting for the current sitting council.

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The 2021 census has concluded with approximately 75 per cent of local homes counted.

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July unemployment in Alberta and the census region dropped to levels not seen since the start of the pandemic, reflecting an economic rebound that began after most of Alberta’s COVID-19 restrictions lifted on Canada Day.

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A report predicts employment in Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo could grow by nearly 15,000 jobs by 2025. But for now, 33 per cent of employers surveyed for the report are reporting a shortage in skilled and non-skilled labour.

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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) and Telus hope to bring high-speed internet to more than 90 percent of homes and businesses to most rural communities in the region by the end of 2023. Construction begins spring 2022.

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