RMWB is facing a lawsuit from Tok Transit over the cancellation of a transit contract, with the company claiming that the municipality engaged in a breach of goof faith. The lawsuit was filed at the Fort MacMurray Court of Queen’s Bench on March 26, 2015, and it seeks $22.9 million dollars for debts owed as…
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Tok is upset over a move by RMWB to cancel a contract, and the company is threatening to take legal action over the move by the municipality. The contract was canceled on February 19, 2015 after a transit audit in October 2014 showed poor results, with the results being the reason given for terminating the…
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Bob Couture, the former RCMP officer in charge, left his position with the law enforcement agency on January 23 in order to take the position of Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Executive Director of Community and Protective Services. According to RCMP Cpl. George Cameron “He was a fabulous leader here at the detachment, He was…
Read moreThe RMWB is reviewing the program in place for snow removal and ice control in order to make sure the program is effective and meeting the needs in the local area. According to councilor Keith McGrath “Certainly what we have been doing is not working. In the dead of winter when it’s dark, people are…
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