The team at Your McMurray Magazine started working on this “Life in YMM” edition at the start of the year. What a time that was...no global pandemic, no one-in-100 years flood...just excitement for the fresh new year!

2019 is the year we celebrate the fourth class of Top 50 under 50 recipients, and we couldn’t be more excited to share with you the stories of this creative, hard-working, dedicated, and inspiring group of individuals.

I love talking about the best of Fort McMurray. I’ve been travelling a lot lately during recent months all across Canada for various reasons (work and play), and with that comes a lot of conversations with strangers, colleagues, friends, and family about Fort McMurray.  I’m fiercely loyal to my community,…

Mrs. Jean paved the way for a woman like me. A woman with drive, passion, enthusiasm and an unbridled love for Fort McMurray. She was all those things, and so many more. She was incredibly loyal, dedicated to her family and this community.

With a huge shop local push on right now around our region, what better time to support local brewing and distilling than right now. The Wood Buffalo Brewing Company, while well known for its craft brewing since they opened their doors in 2012, has since upped their game when it…

2018 is the year we celebrate our third class of Top 50 Under 50 recipients, and we couldn’t be more excited to share with you the stories of these creative, hard-working, dedicated, and inspirational individuals. A lot of people ask me how we put together our list of people and…

They say there is no place like home for the holidays.

Wikipedia tells me that innovation can be defined as a new method, idea or product and then the action or application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs or existing market needs. Being in the heart of Canada’s north, the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, Wood Buffalo,…

One of the best parts of living in Fort McMurray is also living within the greater Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. I absolutely love our rural hamlets and the diversity and beauty they add to our region. This issue of YMM celebrates our rural communities and specifically puts a focus…

The team at Balsom Communications is incredibly proud to bring you this edition of Your McMurray Magazine. It is our first edition dedicated to the Indigenous peoples of Wood Buffalo.