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The federal government is providing more than $574 million in financing to help build about 950 rental homes in Vancouver.

An Alberta minister told the hearing committee that he believes provincial authorities should have been better integrated into the unified command structure

A northern Manitoba First Nation is being evacuated as a nearby wildfire threatens to edge closer to the community because of wind.

Environment Canada meteorologists said Canada will also see an above-normal hurricane season, with 17-24 named storms expected to form over the Atlantic Ocean basin this year.

Smith made the comments on her call-in radio show, where she also said she'd like temporary housing arranged so residents can live in Jasper while they rebuild their homes.

Parks Canada says it realizes wildfire evacuees from Jasper worry about what rotting food will do to their homes.

A high-resolution map released Saturday showed the extent of the damage to the Jasper townsite, with more than 300 buildings completely destroyed.

A Calgary senior shares her story about how she was able to safely get out of the backcountry when her hiking adventure was overtaken but the Jasper National Park fire.

The fast-moving wildfire was fuelled by a web of extreme conditions that converged into what experts described as a monstrous fire.

Bare foundations of destroyed homes, scorched vehicles, the shell of what was a Petro-Can gas station — devastating images to emerge from a tour of Jasper on Friday evening.

Residents and businesses of the townsite inside Jasper National Park found out Saturday for certain whether or not they have anything to return to.

Officials noted that all critical infrastructure in the townsite was successfully protected.

In a news conference Sunday, Premier Andrew Furey said the blaze that exploded into an inferno on Friday and triggered mass evacuations did not significantly grow overnight.

As flames raged through Jasper, officials said they believe between 30 and 50 per cent of the townsite may have been lost to the wildfire.

Canada is in a much better place than it was last year, but there is a risk of 'above-normal' fire activity in the coming months, officials warned Wednesday.

While nighttime firefighting operations have been common in both Australia and the United States, Canadian provinces are now looking to expand their own capacity.

Wildfires are currently raging in regions across Canada, including a blaze in northern Manitoba that forced the evacuation of the entire community of Cranberry Portage.

The MWF-O17 fire has already forced thousands of people in the Fort McMurray area to leave their homes this week.

A proposed settlement has been reached in a 2016 class action alleging "the Canadian Forces...failed to protect racial minorities and Aboriginal persons from racism in the ranks."

Officials said the wildfire situation could worsen quickly given that much of Canada is still facing drought conditions, that have persisted for the last 12 months.