Despite the slow start to hot summer weather, approximately one-third of the province has been given a 'moderate to extreme' wildfire danger rating.

Leduc RCMP have confirmed an arsonist is to blame for the fire that tore through the Suntree neighbourhood around 2 a.m. on Aug.

... government has named an independent committee to look at how well it fought the fires and the effectiveness of its wildfire management programs. Former RCMP No. 2 Bill Sweeney, seen in 2005, will chair a provincial review of the Slave Lake ...

The provincial government has named an independent committee to look at how well it fought the May fires and the effectiveness of its wildfire management programs.

... has named an independent committee to look at how well it fought the May fires and the effectiveness of its wildfire management programs. Bill Sweeney, one-time RCMP senior deputy commissioner, is chairman of the committee, which includes two ...

... has named an independent committee to look at how well it fought the May fires and the effectiveness of its wildfire management programs. Bill Sweeney, one-time RCMP senior deputy commissioner, is chairman of the committee, which includes two ...

... whose Leduc home was savaged by fire shared tears with friends and family who saw their own homes razed by the wildfire that tore through Slave Lake. Tammy Lukan, her husband Greg and one-year-old son were camping at Lukan's hometown of Slave Lake ...

And in the quiet of her forest outpost five years ago, the 70-year-old Alberta provincial government employee vanished.

And in the quiet of her forest outpost five years ago, the 70-year-old Alberta provincial government employee vanished.

... help with rebuilding and recovery costs. The province had already announced $100 million in funding shortly after a wildfire wiped out one-third of the community in May. About 2,000 people lost their homes. "The support from the government's been ...

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... good, there are times when it has the potential to affect people's health - for example, when smoke from a wildfire, even a distant one, is carried into our area. "The wildfire season is when there can be a lot of pollutants in the air and we did go ...

... set of modular homes have arrived in Slave Lake, two months after thousands of residents lost their homes when a wildfire ripped through the town. The modular homes will house 2,000 displaced residents. Flat bed trucks are expected to haul the homes ...

... two months of waiting, the first of 400 modular homes began arriving in Slave Lake this past week for victims of a wildfire that torched part of the town last May. Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee said only a handful of the units have arrived in the town ...

... 275,000 hectares. The mission will be a heartfelt one after firefighters across the country helped battle a May 15 wildfire that destroyed more than 300 Slave Lake homes, the library and town hall. "They came out here to help us, it was pretty ...

... waiting, the first of 400 modular homes began arriving in the northern Alberta town this past week for victims of a wildfire that torched part of the town last May. Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee said so far, only a handful of the units have arrived in ...

... two months of waiting, the first of 400 modular homes began arriving in Slave Lake this past week for victims of a wildfire that torched part of the town last May. Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee said so far only a handful of the units have arrived in ...