Tag Archives: Canada

100 firefighters from five crews     DENVER (AP) — Firefighters from Colorado and Wyoming will help battle wildfires burning in Canada. One hundred firefighters from five crews — three from Colorado and two from Wyoming — left Denver on ...

Thousands now able to return home     Kaylen Small, Karen Bartko and Jessica Vomiero, Global News HIGH LEVEL, Alberta (Global News) – Thousands of High Level residents, who were evacuated nearly two weeks ago because of ongoing wildfires in ...

About 20 firefighters left on Thursday     CBC News NOVA SCOTIA (CBC News) – With two weeks’ worth of gear stuffed into heavy yellow duffel bags, about 20 specially trained Nova Scotia firefighters left the province Thursday morning to ...

Wildfire near High Level is expected to worsen     CBC ALBERTA (CBC News) – An out-of-control wildfire burning Tuesday near a town in northwestern Alberta is rated at the highest possible danger level, and the dry, windy weather means ...

Fire threatened Fraser Lake and Lejac     CBC News BRITISH COLUMBIA (CBC News) – Firefighters in central British Columbia have made significant progress in containing a wildfire burning west of Prince George on Sunday, during the busiest weekend this ...

Firefighters wrestle the wind for hoseline     Guardian News – Firefighters in British Columbia, Canada, lose control of their hose as it is sucked into the sky by high winds near a fire whirl. Fire officials say the whirlwind ...

Over 560 wildfres are burning across the province     VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — The Canadian province of British Columbia has declared a state of emergency due to hundreds of wildfires burning across the Pacific Coast province. Public Safety ...

Crews contain 1,500-acre Clow Fire     LANCASTER, Minn. (AP) — A wildfire in northwestern Minnesota spread into Canada and scorched nearly 2 ½ square miles of grassland. The 1,500-acre Clow Fire began about midday Tuesday and was deemed contained ...

A look back with Peace Helitack Crew 5     Miles Ladd – Just a short highlight video of Peace Helitack Crew 5’s adventures this summer from northern Alberta to Helena Montana

A look back at the Alberta wildfire season     Cubes – A summary of the 2017 wildfire season for the Slave Lake (Muskwa) Unit Crew in Alberta. Inside Alberta, we worked all over the Slave Lake district, Livingstone Gap, ...