EDMONTON — One-third of Slave Lake, Alta. has been lost to fire, the town's mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee said Monday morning. Speaking at a technical briefing via phone from the razed community, Pillay-Kinnee said the town's southeast is most affected...

Northern Alberta residents fled their homes Sunday and gathered on beaches and parking lots as a pair of wildfires beared down on the town of Slave Lake. Community officials issued an evacuation order Sunday evening, but with fires threatening the hig...

EDMONTON -- Low humidity, warm temperatures and dry ground have created perfect conditions for fast-moving wildfires, says the province. As of Saturday evening, 73 wildfires were burning across Alberta, said Rob Harris, a fire information officer with...