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The August long weekend was dry enough in some regions to spark 40 new wildfires but most of the new starts have been ...
This year's wildfire season is already the second-worst on record in Canada, and experts are warning that this might be the ...
Smoke and fire are seen on the horizon amid "unprecedented" wildfires in western Canada's Alberta Province, May 6, 2023, as seen from Valleyview, Alberta. TJ Kennedy/Reuters ...
In Alberta, the blazes have brought back bad memories of 2016 when a raging wildfire destroyed 2,400 buildings in Fort McMurray, Alberta, the heart of Canada’s oil sands region with the third ...
Government of Alberta Fire Service via The Canadian Press, via Associated Press Alberta declared a state of emergency on Saturday as more than 110 wildfires burned across the province.
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta — A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper overnight with flames as high as ...
Over 24,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in the Canadian province of Alberta as unusually warm and dry weather has sparked more than 100 wildfires across the region.
On Wednesday, consultancy firm Rystad Energy said nearly 2.7 million barrels per day (bpd) of Alberta oil sands production in May is at risk in "very high" or "extreme" wildfire danger rating zones.
A provincewide state of emergency was declared in Alberta as more than 110 wildfires burned across the province, while two out-of-control wildfires burned in British Columbia.
Alberta Wildfire/via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights "We will all be on high alert this weekend," Christie Tucker, information unit manager at Alberta Wildfire, said on Friday.