The recent Wood Buffalo student vote helped students in the local community learn about elections and the voting process. In general youth voter apathy in Canada is a growing concern however this was not an issue in Fort MacMurray and Wood Buffalo recently when students had a chance to cast their vote. The Student Vote…
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Wood Buffalo pet service providers have started to come together in order to provide better services and for these businesses to be more effective. The Pet Care Network was the brain child of Ann Kidston, owner of Ann’s Pet Services, and Jane Hetfleis, who owns the Pet Steps Dog Training. Both owners got together and…
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The Wood Buffalo council byelection is being held today, and residents are reminded to vote. The special election was made necessary when Coun. Guy Boutilier resigned on January 24. Seven individuals are running for the council. The polls opened at 9 am this morning and they will stay open until 8 pm tonight. Poll locations…
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Fort MacMurray Mayor Melissa Blake discussed the economy last week with a Parliamentary committee, and she told the committee that the Wood Buffalo area has been through oil price drops before and that one of the important lessons learned in the past was how to get ready for a rebound. Blake spoke to Parliament’s Standing…
Read moreThe downtown arena project in Wood Buffalo has finally reached the public stage, and this is a big step forward for the project. Now the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo will start the public consultation process in order to finalize approval for this project. A letter of intent with Clearwater Consortium was approved Tuesday night…
Read moreThe Conklin community is celebrating the start of a new multiplex, and the ground breaking for the project happened recently. On Monday the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo broke ground so that constuction on the Conklin multiplex could begin. Right now things are only in the design stage, and the project will go out for…
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