Melissa Blake, mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, welcomes the year 2013 with both excitement and some concern over the challenges the new year will bring. She is however optimistic. “There’s pain, there’s progress, a little more pain, and then a whole lot of progress, and so 2013 is an exciting year for me because I can already see what the future is in this region”, says Blake when asked about the prospects of a new year and new plans in the area.

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