A submission deadline extension for the Bob Lamb Bandstand mural has been announced as the RMWB continues to look for a professional painter to handle the project. Interested professionals now have until August 10, 2016 instead of the initial deadline of May 27, 2016. According to Arts Council of Wood Buffalo executive director Constance Scarlett…
Read moreThe Northern Lights Regional Health Centre Cancer Care Clinic has resumed services as of last week, and this means that the hospital is almost completely back to full operations. The only exception is some of the Allied Health programs which have not resumed yet. Returning residents can be assured that the medical services that they…
Read moreSoil samples from the burned neighbourhoods of Beacon Hill, Abasand, and Waterways showed safe compound levels for human health according to a recent provincial announcement. The province tested 62 soil samples taken by municipal workers from various locations in both burnt and unburnt areas around Fort McMurray, and these samples were taken between June 2,…
Read moreThe Wood Buffalo council has approved a property tax cut, with councillors voting to set the property tax rate for 2016 at 2% lower than the 2015 property tax rate levels. Residents and businesses both could use a little relief right bow after everything that has happened, and though 2% may seem small it is…
Read moreA recent Samsung donation in the amount of $140,000 will go towards helping improve classroom technology at the Fort McMurray Public School District. In addition to the donation for local schools Samsung is also donating $100,000 in cash to the Canadian Red Cross to help in efforts to rebuild the community and get things back…
Read moreInsurance costs for wildfire claims in Fort McMurray are already estimated to be around $3.58 billion, making this wildfire the costliest so far in the history of Canada. 2,400 buildings were destroyed and thousands of people were displaced because of the wildfire, not to mention the evacuation of the entire area. A recent Insurance Bureau…
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