Mayor Sandy Bowman wants cheaper power rates in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), arguing that the municipality’s northern location makes it more expensive to use electricity in the dark winter months.
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Mayor Sandy Bowman is running for a second term as mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) in next year’s municipal election. Bowman is about to finish his first term as mayor and is the first person to announce publicly plans to be on the ballot next October.
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A groundbreaking ceremony for the Northside Twin Arena project showed construction has, 10 years and eight days after the first groundbreaking ceremony, started on the long-awaited project. The two ice rinks are expected to open in Abraham’s Landing in Fall 2026.
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Building a flood protection system along 2.5 kilometres of the Clearwater River will continue next year after concerns about crime and public safety halted construction in July.
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Premier Danielle Smith says there are “active discussions” on encouraging transient workers to live in communities like Fort McMurray instead of commuting from elsewhere.
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People across Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo can build hockey rinks on their property and adjacent municipal land.
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The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) has a new plan to manage the growth and needs of the region after council and administration both agreed the former plan is outdated.
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Unemployment in the census area covering Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo and Cold Lake was reported at seven per cent last month in the Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake Census region, the highest it’s been locally since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The next 12 months will have plenty of battles for Fort McMurray’s labour movement after a year of hard-fought victories and transformations, said Omer Hussein of the Wood Buffalo and District Labour Council.
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Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean says the provincial government will find ways to make energy companies replace their commuter workforce model with a priority on hiring people living in Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo.
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