The acquisition by the Mikisew Cree and Fort McKay First Nations was first announced a year ago but was conditional on the First Nations securing funding... READ MORE›
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's campaign manager has cancelled her Calgary appearance just days before she was scheduled to speak at the Palliser Hotel... READ MORE›
The Fort McMurray wildfire has destroyed one of the oilsands camps north of the city and is roaring eastward toward others in its path... READ MORE›
The Beast is still smouldering in the Canadian wilderness a year after the devastating inferno nearly destroyed Alberta's Fort McMurray... READ MORE›
Petro-Canada gas stations in Kelowna, Kamloops, Edmonton and Calgary are running out of petrol from their parent company, Suncor... READ MORE›
50 a day for South African firefighters, 'Not acceptable to me and my government' says Notley... READ MORE›
A change in the weather has slowed the progress of the Fort McMurray wildfire, though it still rages out of control, according to Alberta fire officials... READ MORE›
With a wildfire heading towards Fort McMurray and an evacuation order in place, Mavis Ure was in no position to leave... READ MORE›
The Red Cross is working alongside emergency preparedness staff with the City of Edmonton, in Calgary and in Lac La Biche, she added... READ MORE›
Some residents were evacuated to Noralta Lodge, an oil sands camp 21 kilometers 13 miles north of Fort McMurray... READ MORE›
The homes are spread between Abasands 350 houses and 10 apartment complexes, Beacon Hill 183 houses and one apartment complex and Waterways 20 apartment homes and complexes ... READ MORE›
Scott Long, executive director of Alberta's Emergency Management Agency, has said the Fort McMurray response plan was moving into the stabilization phase... READ MORE›
We got out just in time.' Rachel Notley, the Alberta premier, said about 10,000 evacuees had moved north to stay in the oil sands work camps... READ MORE›
'Robbed' Bitiro Moseki, one of the South African firefighters based at a camp north of Fort McMurray, had described the 50-a-day pay as peanuts... READ MORE›
The re-entry plan calls for the first residents to return on a voluntary basis on June 1, with the entire population able to return by June 15... READ MORE›
Much of the attention is focused on Fort McMurray, where crews continue to stave off encroaching flames from critical infrastructure and homes... READ MORE›
About 700 firefighters are working on the Fort McMurray wildfire... READ MORE›
Hide Caption 10 of 29 29 photos Wildfire forces Canadian city to evacuate Flames and smoke tint the sky south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6... READ MORE›
By Tuesday, the beast had grown to 230,000 hectares, but had moved into largely unpopulated regions east and south of the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta... READ MORE›
Concerns over heavy smoke had seen some 300 people evacuated from Fort McKay, a First Nations community north of Fort McMurray, and brought to Edmonton... READ MORE›
The more than 88,000 Fort McMurray residents evacuated during the wildfire must wait until June to begin a phased re-entry plan, says Alberta premier... READ MORE›
Camp workers flee as resurgent wildfire heads towards major oil sand facilities in Fort McMurray in Alberta province... READ MORE›
Fort McMurray is the capital of Alberta's oil sands region... READ MORE›
Some oil sands operations, like those of Shell Canada, are well north and were not affected on Tuesday... READ MORE›
Potential causes linked to humans, said Travis Fairweather of Alberta Wildfire, include campfires left unattended, debris caught in recreational vehicles and downed power lines... READ MORE›
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley was in Fort McMurray on Wednesday as the first wave of residents began returning to the city... READ MORE›
The Alberta oil sands have the third-largest reserves of oil in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela... READ MORE›
At the moment, oil sands operations emit roughly 70 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year but the cap will be set at 100 megatonnes... READ MORE›
About 10,000 evacuees moved north, where oil sands work camps were being pressed into service to house people... READ MORE›
The rate at which health-care costs increase in Alberta does need to go down, Notley said... READ MORE›
Canadian officials say they expect to fight the massive wildfire that has destroyed large parts of Alberta's oil sands city of Fort McMurray for months... READ MORE›
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