Fort McMurray Fire: 'The city is not safe,' Notley says
Bracing for a long wait for Fort McMurray: “Unfortunately, we do know that it will not be a matter of days.”
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Fort McMurray fire now 85,000 hectares
Alberta hopes to airlift 8,000 evacuees to safety in the south this afternoon, and open up the roads for the remaining 17,000 stranded in the north.
Frightening future ahead for Fort McMurray residents
For many homeowners and transient residents of the northern Alberta city, ravaged by wildfire since yesterday afternoon, there is simply nothing left to go back to.
Community pulls together to help evacuees
How a community is pulling together to overcome a disaster.
'It's apocalyptic. No way out but north.'
It's considered to be the largest fire evacuation in Alberta history. The entire city of Fort McMurray, in the heart of the province's oil sands region, was evacuated due to a raging wildfire.
UVic prof creates new digital guide to plants, animals on B.C.'s wild coast
A University of Victoria professor has created a digital field guide to British Columbia's wildlife.
