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The chief of the Tl’etinqox First Nation said RCMP officers told them to leave or risk having their children taken away. Instead they erected a fire boundary and prepared to fight.

Seeing reports of the wildfire evacuations in British Columbia has brought back stressful memories for residents of Fort McMurray, Alta.

A seasoned British Columbia firefighter says he's never seen anything like the fast-moving wildfire that tore through his new home, leaving him and his neighbours scant seconds to escape.

Federal officials raised the possibility of relaxing competition and fuel quality rules to ensure a stable supply of fuel while the Fort McMurray wildfire raged.

Fort McMurray residents are gathering in a riverfront park for yoga lessons, pancakes and visits with friends as they marked a year since a fierce wildfire destroyed 10 per cent of the city.

Building boom in Fort McMurray is ramping up as homeowners, insurers, contractors, and officials in the Alberta city clear hurdles that hindered reconstruction after the devastating wildfire last May.

Farid El-Hayouni and Ibtissam Saidi are almost certain they won't live on Prospect Drive again.

A new study suggests that those who battled the massive wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta., continue to suffer both physically and mentally nearly a year after the blaze devastated the community.

Nearly a year after the massive wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, Alta., a climate scientist says there may be more forest fires in Canada this summer.

A "tranquil, welcoming, supportive" gathering will be held to mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating wildfire in northeastern Alberta.

"There’s only so many punches you can take."

Some of the last evacuees from the Fort McMurray wildfire are being allowed to return home after Alberta’s top health officer approved the cleanup of their neighbourhoods.

Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said at a press conference Tuesday that he has had to revise the projected deficit upward in his first−quarter fiscal update to almost $11 billion from $10.4 billion.

Genevieve Belleville is struck most about the many Fort McMurray residents who are having nightmares and trouble sleeping.

The Alberta wildfires torched the Canadian economy in May, driving the country into its worst one-month performance since the darkest days of the Great Recession seven years ago.