Wildfires spreading across Alberta are threatening Canada’s critical oil sands region, raising concerns over possible ...

Wildfires sweeping through Alberta pose a threat to Canada's vital oil sands area, raising alarms about potential interruptions to worldwide crude oil supplies. Numerous ongoing fires are active close ...

A total of six out-of-control fires are burning in the Lac la Biche region, where many of the largest in-situ oilsands well ...

By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY, May 31 (Reuters) - Wildfire season has returned to Canada's oil sands region, with seven active blazes in the area on Sunday raising risks for communities, workers, ...

A wildfire continues to rage through a vast expanse of Alberta’s foothills Friday and emergency officials are urging ...

Canada is the world's fourth-largest oil producer, and the bulk of its production is clustered in northern Alberta's boreal ...

An out-of-control wildfire forced the evacuation of some homes in Woodlands County, about 10 kilometres southeast of Whitecourt, on Monday evening. That evacuation order remains in effect Tuesday ...

Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen says more than 550 firefighters have been hired for this year. He has also introduced ...

At a news conference at the Villeneuve Airport on Monday morning, Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen said it’s too early to predict how the season will go.

Six home in a rural area northwest of Edmonton in the County of Barrhead were destroyed in a fire that caused damage to more than a dozen lakeside properties.

EDMONTON — Some residents who were forced out of their homes this week by a wildfire northwest of Edmonton could be allowed back today.