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Danielle Smith urges Mark Carney to ‘reset the relationship’ between Alberta and Ottawa. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is reacting to the results of the federal election by taking a swipe at the newly elected Liberal government and promising to protect the province against "future hostile acts" from Ottawa. In a statement Tuesday morning, Smith made her first formal comments since...
A wildfire that roared into the community of Jasper, Alta., late Wednesday has left vast stretches of the townsite incinerated. Video shared to social media on Thursday shows blocks upon blocks of buildings have been levelled by fire. The video, taken from inside a truck, shows a view of a community forever changed.
One of two wildfires threatening the historic resort town raged into Jasper Wednesday, consuming homes and businesses in a wall of flame. The wildfire, whipped into a firestorm by intense winds, burned with such intensity and speed, it sent plumes of ash and flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. James Eastham, a Parks Canada wildfire information officer, said...
Cooler temperatures, calmer winds and rain have subdued the wildfire threatening the northern Alberta community of Fort McMurray, giving firefighters time to shore up critical defences in what will be a prolonged battle. A welcome change in the weather has slowed the fire's approach toward the community but the flames, burning deep underground in the peat-filled muskeg, will not be...