It may only be February, but Alberta Wildfire officials are already making preparations for the start of this year’s wildfire season. It’s looking like a promising start to wildfire season in terms of ...

As the rampaging wildland fires hit modern communities, the interior of stick-constructed homes, chock-full of synthetic ...

After another devastating wildfire season in 2024, work is once again underway to reclaim natural areas disturbed by the ...

IBC says Jasper fire is Canada’s 2nd costliest fire event in history The estimated cost of wildfire damage in the Rocky ...

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Vaillant, writing about the Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, Canada in 2016, is talking about the increasing destructive potential of fire due to the climate crisis, the fossil fuel extraction ...

Read an excerpt below, about a horrendous 2016 wildfire that decimated Fort McMurray, the center of Canada's oil industry, and don't miss Tracy Smith's interview with John Vaillant on "CBS Sunday ...

The idea of a highway linking Fort McMurray and the Peace Country has been discussed for years, but the 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray renewed interest the idea. The road would offer another ...

The estimated cost of wildfire damage in the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper has ballooned to $1.23 billion, partly a result of ...

"For the majority of the province, in the boreal forest, conditions are looking really good for normal [or] near-normal precipitation and snow." ...