Fort McMurray Today

April’s flooding and delays from the COVID-19 pandemic mean remediation work at the Willow Square long-term care centre will be completed in the fall. Alberta Health Services (AHS) will determine a date for when seniors can begin moving into the centre. Major construction of the long-delayed […]

Some of Wood Buffalo’s First Nation and Métis communities are finding it difficult to provide for their members, even if they have received some COVID-19 relief funding from other levels of government. George Poitras, president of the Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN), says the […]

Active COVID-19 cases in Fort McMurray remain at four. There are currently no active cases in Wood Buffalo’s rural areas. There have been 21 recoveries in Fort McMurray, while all three cases in Wood Buffalo’s rural areas have recovered. There have been no local deaths. There are 19 new […]

Local arts organizations are concerned about their long-term survival as public health restrictions meant to fight COVID-19 remain. It is not known when those restrictions will lift. “A lot of theatre artists rely on the theatre arts for their mental health and general well-being. It’s […]

Active COVID-19 cases in Fort McMurray remain at four. There are currently no active cases in Wood Buffalo’s rural areas. There have been 21 recoveries in Fort McMurray, while all three cases in Wood Buffalo’s rural areas have recovered. There have been no local deaths. In Alberta, […]

The boil water advisory in Fort McMurray’s lower townsite region has been lifted by Alberta Health Services. The order is expected to be lifted in Abasand, Parsons Creek and Thickwood within a week. The timeline for Beacon Hill, Gregoire, Prairie Creek, Saprae Creek, Timberlea and the […]

Keyano has laid off 13 full-time positions, bringing the total number of positions eliminated since February to 32. Another 74 staffers have been given temporary layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent cuts were announced by the college in a Monday statement and are expected to save more […]

There are no new COVID-19 cases in Fort McMurray, keeping the active cases at four in the city. There are no active cases in Wood Buffalo’s rural or Indigenous communities. There have been 21 recoveries from COVID-19 in Fort McMurray, while three have recovered in Wood Buffalo’s rural […]