Northern Alberta Wildfires

• Environment week in Lethbridge: City preparing for a changing climate

  The 2023 edition of Canadian Environment Week began on Monday. Experts in Lethbridge,Alta., spoke about how locals can make a difference in curbing climate change.

  Environment

  Jun 5, 2023
  
• Alberta wildfires: Ottawa on standby to help as flames rage across province

  More than 13,000 people across Alberta are now affected in some way or another by mandatory evacuation orders with 79 active wildfires raging as of Friday morning.

  Canada

  May 5, 2023
  
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• 5 things to know about the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire

  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.

  Canada

  May 9, 2021
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• Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town 10 years ago

  Karina Pillay was in her third term as mayor of Slave Lake when the wildfire, with little warning, burned about one-third of the northern Alberta town 10 years ago this month.

  Environment

  May 9, 2021
• BLOG: Reflecting on the northern Alberta wildfires

  Reporter Julia Wong reflects on the weeks she spent in northern Alberta this past summer covering the wildfires.

  Environment

  Dec 27, 2019
• Peerless Lake First Nation under mandatory evacuation order as wildfire approaches

  The blaze was an estimated 265,000 hectares in size as of 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

  Weather

  Jun 17, 2019
• Northern Alberta Métis settlement frustrated with level of government support for wildfire threat

  The Chuckegg Creek wildfire spanned more than 230,000 hectares as of 7 p.m. on Thursday.

  Politics

  May 31, 2019
• Northern Alberta MD of Opportunity communities ordered to evacuate overnight due to wildfires

  A wildfire entered a remote northern Alberta community in the MD of Opportunity overnight Thursday, and all residents were ordered to get out before the flames cut off access to the area.

  Weather

  May 29, 2019
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• Hundreds remain out of their homes in northern Alberta due to wildfires

  Hundreds of people from the North Tallcree First Nation remained out of their homes Sunday after being forced out late last week due to a nearby wildfire.

  Jul 5, 2015