In a notice late on Friday, the Alberta government said the wildfire danger is "extreme" in the Fort McMurray Forest Area and out of control at 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) in size. Sign up here.

Flames and smoke fill the air as wildfires burn nearby in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on May 2016. Courtesy Jocelyn Routhier Flames and smoke fill the air as wildfires burn nearby in Fort ...

GREGOIRE LAKE, Alberta — Canadian officials on Sunday showed some optimism for the first time that they were beginning to get on top of the country's most destructive wildfire in recent memory ...

The Los Angeles firestorms are big and destructive, even by Alberta’s standards. After a brutal year of wildfires in 2024, Albertans may be finding the scenes of the L.A. fires familiar. As ...

Winds have died down in some areas and shifted in others, pushing flames away from Alberta’s Fort McMurray, a city still haunted by a catastrophic 2016 fire dubbed “The Beast.” ...