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With fires still smouldering, a dry winter ahead, and businesses yet to catch up on costs and lost time, “it’s not over,” said Darlene Chouinard, of fire season.
With a total of 1,094 wildfires and a record 2,214,957 hectares burned, Alberta’s disastrous 2023 fire season officially ended at the beginning of November. But with fires still smouldering, a dry winter ahead, and businesses yet to catch up on costs and lost time, “it’s not over,” said Darlene Chouinard, president chair of the Edson and District Chamber of Commerce.