Alberta closes 12 provincial parks due to increased risk of wildfires over long weekend
As wildfires continue to rage across Alberta, the province is warning of the heightened risk that new fires will ignite over the Victoria Day long...
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Indigenous communities in Alberta coping with ’emotional roller-coaster’ of wildfires
Significant damage has been reported in communities like Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Fox Lake and East Prairie Métis Settlement....
Troops fan out across Alberta as province prepares for challenging battle against wildfires
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment are now working alongside roughly 2,000 firefighters battling fires across the...
Risk of new fires ‘significant,’ as Alberta prepares for wildfire danger to escalate this weekend
Alberta officials and fire crews are preparing for a shift to hot, dry conditions that will challenge the province’s firefighting efforts this weekend....
300 troops being deployed to fight Alberta wildfires, more than $2M paid out to evacuees
Soldiers are being deployed as Alberta prepares for another battle against wildfires burning across the province. Hot, dry weather starting this weekend threatens to make conditions...
Out-of-control wildfire forces northern Alberta residents from their homes
According to an update from Alberta Wildfire on Thursday afternoon, the Fox Lake fire covers about 4,400 hectares....
Already struggling, this Alberta village faces losing its only school
Although the school in Andrew, Alta., has capacity for 385 students, only 62 children attend. Enrolment is expected to plunge next year to 44, with...
RCMP officer dead after crashing car east of Edmonton while responding to noise complaint
A Strathcona RCMP officer has died after his police vehicle hit a concrete barrier early Monday morning....
Federal, Alberta governments to study public notice process around oilsands tailings leak
The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around public notifications of toxic seepage at an oilsands tailings pond....
Alberta First Nation angry at Imperial’s silence while tailings pond leaked for 9 months
A northern Alberta Indigenous leader has accused Imperial Oil Ltd. of a nine-month coverup over a massive release of toxic oilsands tailings on land near...