The ''Fort McMurray Today'' is a publication based in

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. It is considered the paper of record for Fort McMurray and covers a number of topics affecting the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. The daily newspaper was founded in 1974 after Bowes Publishing bought the weekly McMurray Courier, a weekly newspaper founded in 1970 by Frances Jean. Ownership transferred to

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in 1988, which was then bought by

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in 2014. In 2017, the newspaper's coverage of the

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won a

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for breaking news. The award was shared with the combined newsroom of the ''

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'' and ''

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''. That same year, the newspaper also covered infrastructure for running water and sewage systems that have been a long-awaited priority for the RMWB's hamlets of

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, Conklin, Gregoire Lake Estates, Janvier (Chard) and Saprae Creek. Conklin and Janvier (Chard), which has a population that is mostly First Nation and

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, also faced a housing crisis. The series was nominated in the Community Media category by the

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. Fort McMurray Today published Monday to Saturday until the

on May 3, 2016. The newspaper temporarily became an online-only publication until November 2016 when the tabloid began publishing Tuesday and Friday. A supplemental tabloid was delivered free throughout Fort McMurray every Thursday. The newspaper became a free weekly in August 2019 that was published every Thursday. On January 17, 2023, Postmedia announced Fort McMurray Today and 11 other properties would become online news websites by the end of February.

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