1 week ago Experts use AI to map wildfire probability as more Northern Alberta communities forced to evacuate

Two more communities in northern Alberta were forced to evacuate this week as wildfires continue to blaze in the province. As of Friday several communities remain under evacuation orders or alerts, while residents of Swan Hills were able to return home on Thursday. Experts using artificial intelligence (AI) to track the severity of wildfires in […]

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1 week ago Wildfire live updates: Alberta evacuations continue | Indigenous groups urging government for support | How to get evacuation payments

An ongoing look at everything you need to know about wildfires in Alberta and Western Canada.

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2 w. ago Alberta Wildfires Approach Oil Sands, Threatening More Output

Wildfires in Alberta are threatening almost half a million barrels of daily crude production as heat and wind push the flames closer to massive oil sands well sites.

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2 w. ago Evacuation orders continue, Alberta oil threatened as wildfires ravage province

Risk of wildfire in regions west of Calgary rated from high to very high

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2 w. ago ‘Unbelievable’ photos from crippling Manitoba wildfires circulate online

Thousands evacuated as wildfires continue burning in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta

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2 w. ago Thousands evacuated as wildfires continue burning in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says 17,000 people have been evacuated from several communities and First Nations as he placed his entire province under a state of emergency late Wednesday over crippling wildfires, mainly in the remote north. Evacuation orders include all 5,000 residents of the city of Flin Flon, 630 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, who […]

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