Letter from the Editor

By the time you are reading this issue, more than 100 community members wi l have taken to the stage at Keyano Theatre to showcase their thousands of hours of hard work over many months. I am truly honoured to be part of this cast and crew and have made so many friends that I know will be part of my life for years to come. I want to thank Claude and Michael for pushing me and giving me the opportunity to be a part of the madness!

Airports really do see it all. From the fights, the crying, embraces, embarrassing moments, all of which can be life changing. The airport is a witness to all the various scenes in our lives, the comings and goings, the beginnings and the endings.

There is no debate surrounding the need for a new, larger, more modern Fort McMurray airport. Good news is we’ll have it in 2014. With the addition of customs and international flights already happening, we’re well on our way to a fully international terminal that will connect us to the rest of the world, faster, more easily, and more economically.

I always said that this magazine would be real to me the moment I saw a stranger reading it. That moment came at the YMM airport. I was with my fiancé Jason and we were waiting to board our flight to St. John’s for the holidays when I saw a man reading what I could see was my letter from the editor. It was a strange, but oddly exciting feeling, knowing that the words and stories that all our contributors had put so many hours into were being read. Whoever you are – thanks for deciding to read YMM that day back in December.

Krista Balsom
Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

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