Even with snow still on the ground, wildfire season officially begins March 1 in Alberta. We examine the current snowpack ...

A pair of disturbances common in Western Canada's boreal forests, when combined, may have an unexpected benefit of limiting the spread of non-native plant species, a University of Alberta study shows.

Wildfire season in Alberta doesn't start until March 1, but there have already been more than two dozen fire starts this year.

Despite the heavy snowfall across much of Western Canada this week, farmers, ranchers and firefighters say it may not be ...

The province expects improved water supplies this summer due to stronger spring run-off, a result of above-normal snowpack levels at surveyed mountain sites. These improving conditions come after ...

Alberta’s next wildfire season is less than two weeks away and, while preparations are well underway amid a sudden cold snap, ...

Residents of the central United States experienced poor air quality and smoke over the weekend. The potentially dangerous air has a far-off source: the wildfires raging in Canada. The fires have ...

Alberta’s government has signed a $400-million contract with De Havilland Canada for five new Canadair DHC-515 waterbombers, ...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta -- The images are ones of devastation - scorched homes, virtually whole neighborhoods burned to the ground. It rained a little Sunday morning in Fort McMurray, but Canadian ...

Alberta’s government has signed a $400-million contract with De Havilland Canada for five new Canadair DHC-515 waterbombers, with the first aircraft expected to arrive by spring 2031. The province ...

Multiple wildfires continue to grow in Alberta, reaching sizes close to 750,000 acres, though the Inland Northwest seems to have gotten a break from the smoke and haze the fires were causing last week ...

To assist victims of the wildfires raging across Alberta, Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA has opened an Alberta Fire Relief Fund. Jewish groups in Alberta are working to support victims of the ...