For the town’s high school seniors, graduating together was never a certainty – and now it’s an occasion they’ll never forget ...

Her plan was to use her British law degree to become accredited in Canada, but she found herself working part-time in a ...

Their Hollywood Bowl graduation is bittersweet Readers of John Vaillant’s harrowing 2023 book “Fire Weather” — an account of the destruction of the Canadian forest town of Fort McMurray — might ...

Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Fort McMurray that prompted the closure of a section of highway for more than an hour.

The journalist John Vaillant’s book “Fire Weather” begins in the spring of 2016 in the boreal forests surrounding the remote Canadian city of Fort McMurray, where a fire is growing. Although ...

Kitty Cochrane, who was a Fort McMurray wildfire evacuee, joined us on Global News Morning Edmonton to talk more about her experience during that time and what evacuees from Jasper should be doing.

The Alberta municipality governing the oilsands hub of Fort McMurray says residents ordered out due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home as of today.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray, Alta., got a watery reprieve from a menacing wildfire Thursday as steady rain fell and water cannons delivered a soaking blast to ...

The blaze remained out of control, but it did not grow overnight and remained at 200 square kilometres in size, Alberta Wildlife officer says.

Cooler temperatures and calmer winds have helped subdue the wildfire threatening Fort McMurray, a relief to firefighters bracing for a prolonged battle with the flames.

The threat of Canada's latest wildfire near the country's oil sands appears to be dying down, with favorable winds expected to push the fire away from the city.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray, Alta., got a watery reprieve from a menacing wildfire Thursday as steady rain fell and water cannons delivered a soaking blast to ...