The Wood Buffalo RCMP needs help from the public so they can solve a 2007 disappearance. The last time that Shelley Ann Waquan was seen she was in downtown Fort McMurray on July 1, 2007, but police stated that she did visit Edmonton at times. Waquan is reported as missing and no one has seen…
Read moreTwo proposals for bylaw amendments were rejected as protectionist measures by the Wood Buffalo council. The proposed amendments would set steep fees for demolition permits and use of the landfill for any contractors who were not already established in the area before May 3 when the wildfire hit. Councillor Allen Vinni proposed a bylaw amendment…
Read moreTenants of Centennial Trailer Park has sent out an email to tenants warning them that they are responsible for clearing any trailer debris left behind after the wildfire destroyed the trailers in the park, and some former tenants are upset about it. Doug Fitzgerald, who has called a trailer in the park home for 11…
Read moreThe RMWB has set a deadline of July 14 for pet owners to come in and retrieve their animals. Many pets were rescued after the wildfire evacuations according to a press release issued by the municipality, and some are still in the care and custody of the RMWB’s Municipal Law Enforcement Animal Care and Control…
Read moreWood Buffalo councillor Allan Vinni is facing an unpaid wages lawsuit from an employee who was laid off from his law firm. 33 year old Lianne Locke claims that she worked for the Allan Vinni Law Firm for the last 3 years, and that she was laid off from her position there in May 3…
Read moreThe Fire Aid event Wood Buffalo Rocks was a smashing success, and the United Way can definitely use the proceeds to help out members of the community in need and those who have lost most if not all of their property and belongings because of the wildfire that swept through Wood Buffalo. Many who were…
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