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Some people who live in Evansburg, Entwistle and Parkland County west of Highway 22 were allowed to return home Tuesday at noon after being forced out by a wildfire on the weekend.

Some people who live in Evansburg, Entwistle and Parkland County west of Highway 22 were allowed to return home Tuesday at noon after being forced out by a wildfire on the weekend.

Alberta Wildfire is issuing a Fire Advisory for both the Fort McMurray and Lac La Biche forest protection area...

Wildland firefighters and seasonal support staff are currently training, completing controlled burns and opening facilities like air tanker and fires bases.

FHRD Annual HR Conference attracts over 500 HR professionals

The Foundation for Human Resources Development (FHRD) was set up in 1990 to spearhead the evolution of people management and development practices as well as th

Article content Premium Fire Protection Ltd. was fined $225,000 for 15 counts under the Safety Codes Act. The company was also issued a 20 per cent victim fine surcharge, according to a City of Calgary news release. Kurt Bertrand, the company’s president, was fined $25,000 and issued the same surcharge for four violations of the Alberta Fire Code. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Okotoks company fined $270,000 for fire code violations Back to v...

  CALGARY -- Calgary and much of the southern and eastern regions of the province are under a heat warning and the dry conditions have greatly increased the risk of wildfire devastation. The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System has much of the province in red, indicating extreme fire risk in "dry zones". The dry conditions increase the likelihood a wildfire or grass fire will spread quickly, intensify and become difficult to control. Interactive maps from Natural Resources Canada curr...

Four bids have been received in answer to the request for proposals – three are for bored tunnels and the other is for an immersed structure. Azzopardi said this alternative, submitted by the only Maltese consortium, had not been rejected because IM had been advised that restricting the proposals to bored tunnels might give rise to appeals that would delay the tendering process. He explained that IM’s conceptual design was for a 14-kilometre horseshoe-shaped tunnel running underground and u...

By Jaryn Vecchio Firefighters welcoming residents home after Horse River wildfire // photo supplied The Canadian Red Cross has nearly spent all or committed all the funds they received to help people affected by the Horse River wildfire. The organization recently provided a five-year financial update which noted, as of March 31, 2021, $331.9 million has been used to support families, businesses, and community groups. Another $5.8 million was used to support people impacted by last year�...