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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.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding the fire-stricken town of Jasper apologize and retract a report criticizing her ...
The province of Alberta, Canada, home to more than four million people, is under a state of emergency, as nearly 100 wildfires burn, dozens of them out of control.
Thousands of people in the northern Alberta town of Slave Lake have been put on notice to prepare for a possible evacuation due to the threat of a wildfire.Despite some relief from rainfall overnight, ...
EDMONTON, Alberta — Fire crews battled wildfires threatening communities in western Canada on Sunday amid hopes that cooler temperatures and the possibility of rain might bring some temporary ...
A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on ...
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 ...
Item 1 of 3 Smoke rises above the southeast perimeter of the Paskwa fire (HWF030) as it burns near Fox Lake, Alberta, Canada, May 16. Alberta Wildfire/via REUTERS ...
Alberta wildfires hit gas flow out of Canada to US, spiking prices. By Reuters. May 18, 2023 11:10 PM UTC Updated May 19, 2023 Item 1 of 4 Smoke rises above the southeast ...
Rain and cooler temperatures Friday are expected to help crews in the Canadian province of Alberta, where wildfires have destroyed up to ... low for the next 72 hours," Parks Canada said in its ...
Toronto — Wildfire season has arrived in full force in Western Canada, prompting evacuation orders and alerts in several towns in British Columbia and neighboring Alberta due to the danger of ...
In the peatlands, research has shown wildfires speed up permafrost melt, which in turn releases carbon, according to David ...