Mastodawn

The 2026 Canadian wildfire season has already started causing damage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/summer-of-village-of-sandy-beach-wildfire-alert-2026-9.7186029
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La saison 2026 des feux de forêt canadiens a déjà commencé à créer des dégâts

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2251136/feu-foret-alberta-sandy-beach

#SandyBeach #ABfires #FeuxAB #CANfires #FeuxCAN #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

Wildfire destroys homes in Summer Village of Sandy Beach, prompting local state of emergency | CBC News

According to a social media update from Sturgeon County posted Saturday, the fire has "consumed three homes and badly damaged another." Firefighting crews from multiple surrounding jurisdictions have been deployed to the scene.

CBC

Edwin G.

6d ago

Fort McMurray, Alberta wildfire: 10 years later

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/05/03/fort-mcmurray-marks-10-years-after-devastating-wildfire/
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Feu de forêt de Fort McMurray, Alberta : 10 ans après

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#FortMcMurray #Alberta #ABfires #FeuxAB #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

A decade after 'The Beast': Fort McMurray marks 10 years after devastating wildfire

Sunday marks 10 years since a massive wildfire forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray, destroying hundreds of homes and forever changing how Canadian’s deal with disaster. The fire started two days before the evacuation. The community was on alert, but no one expected the evacuation to hit so fast. Shifting winds pushed the blaze towards […]

CityNews Toronto

Edwin G.

Jan 9

Fireguards to protect residents also a boon to Alberta wildlife

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bow-valley-fireguard-wildlife-9.7037016
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Les pare-feux pour protéger les résidents sont aussi bénéfiques pour la faune de l’Alberta

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2219461/foret-lutte-incendie-animaux-sauvage

#Alberta #ABfires #FeuxAB

Animals benefit from fireguards protecting Alberta towns | CBC News

Bow Valley's bears, birds and elk enjoy new food and open spaces when trees get cleared for fire protection.

CBC

Edwin G.

Oct 10, 2025

The Transport Safety Board of Canada investigation found that crack in a fossil gas pipeline caused the 2024 wildfire near Edson, Alberta.

Me: What can we learn from this? What will we do in practice?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tsb-report-edson-pipeline-rupture-9.6934226
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L'enquête du Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada a constaté qu’une fissure dans le gazoduc a causé le feu de forêt de 2024 près d'Edson, Alberta.

Moi: Que pouvons-nous apprendre de ceci?

https://www.tsb.gc.ca/fra/medias-media/communiques/pipeline/2025/p24h0018-20251009.html

#Alberta #ABfires #FeuxAB

TSB releases findings on Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire | CBC News

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its findings on the causes of the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Edson, Alta.

CBC

Edwin G.

Jul 31, 2025

Québec is sending 40 firefighters to Alberta to help fight wildfires.

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/07/31/quebec-firefighters-alberta-forest-fires/
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Le Québec envoie 40 pompiers en Alberta pour aider à combattre les feux de forêt.

https://lp.ca/gbgaSO

#Alberta #Québec #ABfires #FeuxAB #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

Quebec to send 40 firefighters to help control Alberta forest fires

Quebec will send 40 firefighters to Alberta in the coming days to fight forest fires in the province. Forest firefighters, along with two representatives of the Society for the Protection of Forests Against Fire (SOPFEU), will leave for the province this Saturday, the company announced on Thursday. Quebec had already deployed 40 other firefighters to […]

CityNews Montreal

Edwin G.

Jul 28, 2025

A radio (VHF) logbook documented the violence of the 2024 Jasper wildfire that burned down a third of the town.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/the-night-jasper-burned-radio-logs-capture-minute-by-minute-of-town-catching-fire-1.7577578
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Un journal radio (VHF) a documenté la violence du feu de forêt de Jasper en 2024 qui a brûlé le tiers de la ville.

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#Jasper #Alberta #ABfires #FeuxAB #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

The night Jasper burned: Radio logs capture minute by minute of town catching fire | CBC News

A little over a year since one-third of the town was destroyed by an out-of-control wildfire, documents released to CBC News through a federal access to information request paints one of the most vivid pictures of conditions faced by firefighters and Parks Canada staff in the moments of the blaze.

CBC

Chad

Jun 11, 2025

The air is so bad today. 😔

#abfires #ClimateChange #yeg #yegwx

Edwin G.

Jun 5, 2025

Nearly half of the buildings in Chipewyan Lake, Alberta have been destroyed by a wildfire.

The evacuation order has been lifted in Swan Hills, but notice stays in effect.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-chipewyan-lake-1.7553181
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Près de la moitié des structures de Chipewyan Lake, Alberta ont été détruites par un feu de forêt.

L'ordre d'évacuation a été levé à Swan Hills, mais l’avis demeure en vigueur.

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#Alberta #ChipewyanLake #SwanHills #ABfires #FeuxAB

Nearly half of northern Alberta community destroyed as wildfires flare | CBC News

As Albertans forced out by wildfires wait for word when it will be safe to return home, other evacuees are learning their homes have been lost to the flames.

CBC

Edwin G.

Jun 5, 2025

Officials expect 'significant wildfire growth' at blaze on Alberta-British Columbia border

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfire-june-4-1.7552666
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Les autorités s’attendent à « une intensification significative du feu de forêt » enflammé à la frontière entre l’Alberta et la Colombie-Britannique.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2169691/feu-foret-kiskatinaw-ordre-evacuation

#Alberta #BC #CB #BritishColumbia #ColombieBritannique #ABfires #FeuxAB #BCfires #FeuxCB #wildfires #FeuxDeForêt

Officials expect 'significant wildfire growth' at blaze on B.C.-Alta. border | CBC News

Officials in B.C. are warning of dangerous conditions for a raging wildfire on the B.C.-Alberta border in northeastern B.C., which has already resulted in evacuation orders.

CBC

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Edwin G.

May 27, 2025

1300 residents of Swan Hills, Alberta has been ordered to evacuate due to a nearby wildfire.

Alert: https://www.alberta.ca/aea/cap/2025/05/26/2025-05-26T18_16_55-06_00=TownofSwanHills=3DBD3E75-3FFA-45D4-B488-51A6E60C8BA5.htm
Article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-1.7543606
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Ordre d’évacuation émis pour 1300 résidents de Swan Hills, Alberta a cause d’un feu de forêt à proximité.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2167452/alerte-evacuation-swan-hills-feu

#SwanHills #ABfires #FeuxAB #Wildfires #FeuxDeForêt