On Wednesday, the province announced a fire ban and an off-highway-vehicle restriction for the Fort McMurray and High Level regions in an attempt to prevent new fires from sparking. Hours after ...

N.B. law grad frustrated after being unable to cross stage ... still actively working to contain the fire. A fire ban remains in effect for Fort McMurray's urban service area and Forest Protection ...

The Fort McKay Fire Hall will be named after Zachary Powder and a rugby field will be named after Hilda Peters. Fort McKay’s ...

The Fort McMurray fire comes as Canada is just entering a new fire season after last year's record number of wildfires sent choking smoke across parts of the U.S. and forced more than 235,000 ...

When wildfire ravaged Fort McMurray, the class of 2016 fled with ... emotion and relief that overwhelm returning residents Rapid-Fire Politics: Transgender rights, assisted death, Fort Mac fires ...

That’s why fire safety consultant Alan Westhaver takes us on a tour through the neighbourhoods of Fort McMurray, a year after the fire. “There are lessons in the ashes,” he notes.

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An analysis in the months after the 2016 wildfire that forced more than 88,000 people to flee Fort McMurray found a new east-west highway was estimated to cost at least $1.5 billion.

Scientists are studying how fire moves from the forest and into urban and suburban areas. After the Fort McMurray wildfire, fire expert Alan Westhaver, featured in Nature of Things doc Into the ...