RM of Wood Buffalo cuts jobs due to effects of wildfire, slumping oilsands
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The regional municipality that includes Fort McMurray says it is cutting 168 jobs due to the economic effects of last spring’s wildfire and Alberta’s slumping oilsands industry.
Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake said the changes won’t be easy after all her staff have been through.
“Because it affects individuals who have been a big part of building this great community we have, it hurts,” she said Tuesday in an interview.
“The decisions were not about people, they were about positions. Independent of whether people were still suffering from the effects of the wildfire or not it really came down to what was the right structure for the organization.”