The Latest Breaking News from Alberta

Author John Vaillant’s Fire Weather chronicles the 2016 Fort McMurray blaze – Canada’s costliest natural disaster

In Canada, wildfires continue to devastate the western province of Alberta. Thousands of people have had no choice but to leave their homes, and many more are on evacuation alert. The province has declared a state of emergency, while firefighters are attempting to bring the blazes under control. Once again,…

As Canada's oil province Alberta gears up for a May 29 election, some political analysts say the candidates being put forward by right-wing premier Danielle Smith's ruling United Conservative Party (UCP) may deter voters more used to moderate conservative lawmakers.

Favourable weather could help efforts to contain more than 100 wildfires, Alberta officials say.

Cooler weather across Alberta on Monday helped firefighters battling widespread wildfires in Canada's main oil-producing province, but the government said it could be months before all the blazes are brought under control.

Officials reported 108 fires active in Alberta, Canada - with the number of evacuees forced to abandon their homes climbing to around 29,000 after a state emergency was declared across the state

Three months ago, 5.3 million litres of industrial wastewater was reported to have overflowed from an Imperial Oil storage pond into a muskeg and forested area. This industrial wastewater could have filled more than two Olympic-sized swimming pools, and is now one of the largest known spills of its kind…

Approximately 108 fires have erupted and 29,000 people evacuated

Alberta on Saturday declared a provincial state of emergency after tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as "unprecedented" wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP) said at a press conference.