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Factbox-Why is fire-threatened Fort McMurray so important to Canada's oil industry?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA wildfire threatening the Canadian oil sands hub of Fort McMurray has prompted thousands of people...
Smoke clouds northern Alberta as wildfires burn near Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAir quality in much of northern Alberta worsened overnight, as wildfires burn near Grande Prairie...
Fire threat eases near Canada's oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe threat from a wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be...
When the Fire Came for Fort McMurray
Outside via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 2016, a wildfire jumped the Athabasca River and headed straight for Fort McMurray, an Alberta oil town 600 miles south of the Arctic Circle. In this...
A wildfire has forced out hundreds of residents in Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoHundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort...
Canadians are hopeful shifting winds may push wildfire away from the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoFavorable winds are expected to push an “out of control” wildfire away from Canada’s oil sands hub...
5 worst weather events to hit Canada in the last 100 years: Hurricanes, fires, ice storms and more
Yahoo News Canada· 2 years agoA Mountie surveys the damage on a street in Fort McMurray, Alberta. (Courtesy Alberta RCMP) Handout...
Wildfire near Fort McMurray grows to 5,500 hectares but flames pushed south of city
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRichelyn Fabian, a Fort McMurray, Alta., resident of 17 years, and her family are trying to live as...
As nature ignites, wildfires are becoming more common. Here's how we must adapt to our fiery future
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFlames engulf trees along a highway near Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 6, 2016. COLE BURSTON/AFP...
How Canada’s wildfires reflect a ‘fire-dependent civilization’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCanada — and the world — are stuck in a feedback loop of fire, argues bestselling Canadian...