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Wildfires continue to spread in northern Alberta, Canada, prompting emergency evacuations in John D'Or Prairie 215, Fox Lake and Garden River. At least 55 of the 158 active wildfires are reported as "out of control".
2024-07-21

Authorities evacuate over 6,000 people as wildfires approach the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
2024-05-15

In northern Alberta, Canada, an estimated 10,000 people have been evacuated due to fast spreading wildfires.
2019-05-31

A herd of Plains bison are successfully reintroduced to the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, more than 100 years after they were nearly hunted out of existence.
2017-02-6

Residents return to Fort McMurray for the first time since May 1. A couple thousand firefighters, from as far away as South Africa, continue to battle the 5,800 square kilometer (3,603 square mile) Canadian blaze that has crossed the Alberta border into Saskatchewan.
2016-06-1

Wildfires continue to rage throughout the western Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-wildfires-continue-rage-western-canada-32365104 (ABC News)]date=August 2019
2015-07-10

In three separate, but connected, crime scenes in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a suicidal man kills eight people and then himself. [http:--www.irishtimes.com-news-world-us-nine-dead-in-edmonton-canada-shooting-incidents-1.2051535 "(Irish Times)"]
2014-12-30

75,000 people are evacuated from their homes during flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2013-06-21

Rolling blackouts hit Alberta, Canada in response to record heat taking multiple power plants offline. The Alberta Electric System Operator coordinates the effort.
2012-07-9

Naheed Nenshi is voted mayor of Calgary, Alberta, the first Muslim person to be elected mayor of a major city in Canada.
2010-10-19