The Weather Network on MSN8d
How cutting down forests is protecting Alberta's Bow Valley
After the destructive wildfire in Jasper, Alberta in 2024, the province is taking steps to safeguard other heavily forested ...
Fighting against the flames: Alberta prepares for the upcoming wildfire season
Roughly 200 hectares of forest will be harvested, with an additional 116 hectares thinned to create a buffer zone between ...
AOL14d
The Terrifying Rise of Mega Fires and the Brave Pilots Who Fight Them
But he knew he’d made the right decision. It was the spring of 2014, and a fire—likely ignited by sparks flung from railroad ...
Edmonton Journal on MSN15d
Why Alberta and B.C. are still grappling with the threat of winter 'zombie' wildfires
The remnants of some 2024 wildfires have gone nearly anaerobic in Alberta — overwintering and flameless, thriving on peat and dry foliage detritus deep under the forest bed, with wisps of smoke rising ...
Edmonton Journal9d
L.A. wildfires: Alberta deploys 40 firefighters to California
California’s wildfire management agency will determine where Alberta firefighters are deployed. Alberta wildfire said they ...
Calgary Herald on MSN13d
Alberta to send helicopters, water bombers to help fight Los Angeles wildfires, says premier
Alberta will join other Canadian provinces helping battle raging wildfires in Los Angeles, the largest in the California city ...