Fire restrictions were in effect for the High Level Forest Area and entire Fort McMurray forest area, where wildfire danger was extreme, Alberta's wildfire agency said. Fire restrictions limit ...

Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined at this same point in the year, according to statistics from the Alberta government.

Producers shut in at least 319,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), or 3.7% of the country's production, earlier this week as more than 100 fires ignited across Alberta, forcing nearly ...

Over 24,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in the Canadian province of Alberta as unusually warm and dry weather has sparked more than 100 wildfires across the region.

Alberta's wildfires have led to the suspension of approximately 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) of heavy crude production, which constitutes around 7% of Canada's total oil output. The Caribou Lake ...

As of late Wednesday, there were 175 active wildfires across the oil province, with a dozen in the area of Fort McMurry—the biggest oil sands production center in Alberta.

March 1 marks the start of wildfire season in Alberta, which comes days after firefighters brought a fire burning west of Ghost Lake, north of Highway 1A, under control. The cause of the 16.67 ...

Dozens of wildfires are still burning in Alberta heading into the Labour Day weekend, but only one was out of control as 12:30 p.m. MT Friday, according to the Alberta Wildfire status dashboard.

Part of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s Jackfish oilsands site, which produced almost 38,000 barrels a day in April, is within about 3 kilometres of an expanding fire near Cold Lake, in the heart of ...

Alberta wildfire crews have already begun to perform prescribed burns around the province, ahead of the 2025 forest fire season.. Starting on Jan. 6, 8,000 hectares around Ribbon Creek in ...