Current Conditions - Medicine Hat, AB

Here are five things we’ve learned about the Slave Lake wildfire 10 years ago, when nearly 400 homes and businesses were reduced to ash and rubble with little warning.

Officials in Parkland County said Saturday morning there was no significant overnight growth of a wildfire that’s been burning west of Edmonton since Thursday.

Here’s what’s in store for weather on the second weekend of May in southern and central Alberta, including cooler temperatures and chances of rain.

Thirty-seven per cent of Canadians say they don’t know how to protect their homes from flooding.

An Alberta man says he did all he could to try to protect his family’s property from a wildfire near Claresholm last Sunday, before the smoke became too thick and he had to flee.

A wildfire that burned near Standoff, Alta. on Sunday afternoon has been determined to have been started by a nearby sweat lodge session.

In southwestern Alberta, snowfall will intensify along the eastern slopes of the Rockies on Sunday night, “bringing up to 20 centimetres of snow by Tuesday morning.”

Wildfire season started in Alberta on March 1 and it runs until Oct. 31. Preparations are already well underway for the 2021 wildfire season.

Environment Canada says 19 new record highs were set in Alberta on Thursday as the province continues to see above-seasonal temperatures.