Jasper wildfire became uncontainable minutes after it started, federal report says

Three lightning strikes ignited fires that merged about 23 kilometres south of Jasper; cause of fire east of town yet to be ...

Alberta's Rocky View County issues fire advisory as dry spell persists

Alberta’s fire season officially comes to an end Friday, but dry conditions have sparked fresh fire advisories in the ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Parks Canada releases two reports on Jasper fire confirming cause, development

Two reports on last year's devastating wildfire in Jasper, Alta., confirm the blaze was caused by lightning and accelerated ...
Fast Company

Where are the wildfires in Canada? Maps pinpoint the location of fires and air-quality threats from smoke

Since the weekend, several major fires have been raging across Canada’s central and western provinces. The smoke from those fires is now drifting south across the U.S. border and is significantly ...

Dry conditions spark concerns about wildfires in southern Alberta

A lack of precipitation in recent months has prompted growing concerns about the danger of wildfires across much of southern ...
Alaska Public Media

Smoke knows no boundaries: What Canada's fires mean for the U.S. in the future

Paige Fischer was driving to the picturesque Traverse City region along Lake Michigan for a family vacation. But even as she was leaving her home in Ann Arbor this week, the smoke from massive ...
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Wildfires burning across central Canada force more people to evacuate

FLIN FLON, Manitoba (AP) — Roughly 17,000 residents in the Canadian province of Manitoba have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen active wildfires, officials said Saturday. More than 5,000 of ...
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Fuel breaks for forest fires could be more effective in reducing potential risks and impacts if planned using a new optimization approach, which accounts for uncertain wildfire ...

Mike Lewelling, National Park Service. Author countries: Canada, U.S. Funding: Funding for this work was provided by Natural Resource Canada’s Canadian Forest Service Wildfire Risk Management Program ...