NFN Fire Ban Lifted – Effective May 11, 2020 (Backyard Fires Only)
Press Release May 11, 2020 With the support of Nipissing First Nation Chief and Council, our Fire Services department is lifting the Fire Ban within Nipissing First Nation boundaries and…
Funding will help northern Alberta recover and rebuild
Press Release The Government of Alberta is providing up to $147 million to help Albertans in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County recover and rebuild after spring…
Update: Boil Water Advisory on track to be lifted before September
Press Release (Fort McMurray, AB – May 08, 2020) –The RMWB and Associated Engineering continue to make progress on a multi-phase plan to flush, disinfect, and test water in the…
Government of Canada announces second year of enhanced measures to protect Southern Resident killer whales
Press Release From: Transport Canada May 7, 2020 Vancouver, British Columbia The Government of Canada is committed to taking action to support the survival and recovery of the Southern…
RMWB extends support for interim accommodation for those impacted by flooding
Press Release (Fort McMurray, AB – May 6, 2020) – The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has extended its support beyond May 10 for interim accommodation and food needs to…
Public Advisory: Provincial Government Reinstates Northern Harvest Sea Farms Aquaculture Licences
Press Release May 6, 2020 The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources has reinstated 10 aquaculture licences to Northern Harvest Sea Farms (MOWI Canada East) in the…
RMWB to host Flood Recovery Virtual Townhalls every Thursday in May
Press Release (Fort McMurray, AB – May 5, 2020) – The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) will host flood recovery virtual community townhalls every Thursday in May at 6:10…
AB Government – Update 8: 2020 spring flooding (May 5 at 7 p.m.)
Press Release The evacuation alert has been lifted and residents in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County are returning home. The province continues to support about 4,200…
AB Government: Update 7: 2020 spring flooding (May 4 at 5 p.m.)
Press Release The province continues to support flood response efforts in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County. Parts of Fort McMurray have reopened. Current situation The flood…
Large-scale resource extraction exacerbates the threat of COVID-19 across the American hemisphere, especially for Indigenous peoples – Kairos
May. 4th, 2020 Across Abya Yala and Turtle Island, territories otherwise known as America, governmental and corporate responses to and amid the spread of the novel coronavirus have put into sharp focus the crisis of…
