Despite spring snow still dusting parts of Alberta, it's now officially wildfire season, and with it comes once again the gnawing worry about which community will next be touched by nature's fickle ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fires can still easily start in the fall, especially if it's been hot and dry, according to Alberta Wildfire. (Cort Sloan/CBC - ...

Thousands of people in the northern Alberta town of Slave Lake have been put on notice to prepare for a possible evacuation due to the threat of a wildfire. Despite some relief from rainfall overnight ...

Alberta’s wildfire season began Sunday, triggering a requirement for fire permits for most outdoor burning within the province’s Forest Protection Area. From March 1 to Oct. 31, all burning activities ...

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 ...

There's still snow in the Rocky Mountains but the Town of Canmore, near Banff National Park, is already looking ahead to ...

Canada's drinking water can remain at risk long after wildfires burn out, according to a UBC-led global review that found ...

In the face of climate change, permafrost peatland wildfires could play more of a role in the destructive cycle of global warming, University of Alberta research suggests.