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Evacuation order issued as wildfire threatening Fort McMurray draws closer
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThousands of residents in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo have been ordered to leave their...
Fort McMurray residents told to be ready to evacuate on short notice due to wildfire threat
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoPoor internet connection? Access a low-bandwidth, accessible version of this story on CBC...
Wildfire near Fort McMurray grows to 5,500 hectares but flames pushed south of city
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoRichelyn Fabian, a Fort McMurray, Alta., resident of 17 years, and her family are trying to live as...
Officials hope rain, favourable winds aid in fight against Fort McMurray wildfire
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoResidents of Fort McMurray remain under orders to prepare to leave their homes at a moment's notice...
Factbox-Why is fire-threatened Fort McMurray so important to Canada's oil industry?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA wildfire threatening the Canadian oil sands hub of Fort McMurray has prompted thousands of people...
Rain, cooler temperatures reduce wildfire risk in Fort McMurray
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCool temperatures and rainfall have significantly reduced the wildfire risk in Fort McMurray but...
Smoke clouds northern Alberta as wildfires burn near Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoAir quality in much of northern Alberta worsened overnight, as wildfires burn near Grande Prairie...
Fear, anxiety as thousands flee their homes in Fort McMurray due to threat of wildfire
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThousands of Fort McMurray residents headed south to safety as a large out-of-control wildfire drew...
Guy Boutilier, 1st mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, dies at 65
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMany are commemorating Guy Boutilier, a former politician who served for decades in municipal and...
A wildfire has forced out hundreds of residents in Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoHundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort...