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    The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (abbreviated RMWB) is a specialized municipality in northeast Alberta, Canada. It is the largest regional municipality...
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  • of the City of Fort McMurray and Improvement District No. 143, changed its official name from Municipality of Wood Buffalo to Regional Municipality of...
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  • McMurray-Wood Buffalo, a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, a specialized municipality in northern...
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  • transportation system provided by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in northeastern Alberta, Canada. Services consist of local scheduled bus routes, specialized...
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    part of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and almost all of Improvement District No. 24. The riding is home to the bulk of industrial activity...
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    The 2013 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required...
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    The 2010 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every...
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    service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands...
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    Fort Chipewyan (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    Canada, within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo. It is located on the western tip of Lake Athabasca, adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park,...
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  • The 2007 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every...
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    Fort McKay (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    to the south within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo. The portion of the community within the RM of Wood Buffalo is designated as a hamlet...
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    municipality." The incorporation of five specialized municipalities followed starting with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in 1995, Strathcona County...
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    Fort McMurray—Athabasca (category Former federal electoral districts of Alberta)
    of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015. It was a predominantly rural riding in northeastern Alberta, representing the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo...
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    2016 Fort McMurray wildfire (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo reported the communities of Beacon Hill, Abasand and Waterways had suffered "serious loss". The Government of Alberta...
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  • Project Oilsand (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    conceived of as part of Operation Plowshare, a United States project to harness the nuclear explosions for peaceful applications. The use of nuclear weapons...
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    Fort McMurray International Airport (category Transport in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    located in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada. It is the largest airport in northern Alberta, serving the city of Fort McMurray...
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  • faced the San Antonio Scorpions for the Wood Buffalo Cup, named for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. On August 2, FC Edmonton played Canadian...
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  • Conklin (Leismer) Airport (category Transport in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    (IATA: CFM, TC LID: CET2) is located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Conklin, Alberta, Canada. Conklin Airport Canada Flight Supplement. Effective...
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    Lake Athabasca (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    boundary of Wood Buffalo National Park. The eastern section of the lake narrows to a width of about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) near the community of Fond du...
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    Anzac, Alberta (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo. It is located on Highway 881 along the east shore of Gregoire Lake, approximately...
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    Indian reserve of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta, located within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on the south shore of Lake Athabasca...
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    Syncrude Tailings Dam (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    that is, by volume of construction material, the largest earth structure in the world in 2001. It is located 40 km (25 mi) north of Fort McMurray, Alberta...
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    Northern Alberta (category Geographic regions of Alberta)
    McMurray-Wood Buffalo, Grande Prairie Smoky, Grande Prairie Wapiti, Lac La Biche-St. Paul, Lesser Slave Lake, and Peace River. Canada portal List of regions...
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  • Fitzgerald, Alberta (category Localities in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, located 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) south of the Northwest Territories border, and...
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  • Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome (category Transport in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    Canada. The aerodrome was built to service the Firebag in-situ operation of Suncor Energy. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z...
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  • Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is named a "regional municipality", it is incorporated as "specialized municipality". See "district municipality". Though...
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    Long Lake (oil sands) (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    project near Anzac, Alberta, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray in the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. The project is owned and operated by CNOOC...
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  • Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park (category Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    area of 62,775 hectares (628 km2; 242 sq mi). The park was named for the 11th premier of Alberta, Don Getty. The park was designated as part of the Special...
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  • Chlorine gas poisoning (category Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source)
    mixed improperly at a water treatment plant. In 2020 the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo was fined $150,000 (CAD) for the incident. In 2017, in Iran...
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  • Fort Chipewyan Airport (category Transport in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo)
    (IATA: YPY, ICAO: CYPY) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada. Fort Chipewyan/Small Lake Water Aerodrome...
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