In firefighting forces where many wear no breathing protection at all, the quest to find gear that works could be long and ...

A pair of disturbances common in Western Canada's boreal forests, when combined, may have an unexpected benefit of limiting the spread of non-native plant species, a University of Alberta study shows.

Nearly every summer over the past decade, the story has been the same across many parts of Canada: wildfires rage out of control and skies are filled with smoke. Communities are often forced to ...

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.

Alberta’s wildfire season began Sunday, triggering a requirement for fire permits for most outdoor burning within the province’s Forest Protection Area. From March 1 to Oct. 31, all burning activities ...

BC Wildfire Service crews have returned home after spending a month helping battle fires in Australia. In late January, 37 BC Wildfire Service staff travelled to the Australian state of Victoria to ...