Alberta, Ottawa spending $7 million to fund six new urban wildfire teams
May 23, 2025
Nearly $7 million in provincial and federal spending will create six teams of urban wildfire crews, Alberta’s public safety minister announced Friday.Speaking in Strathmore, Alta., Mike Ellis told a news conference that having six more teams means Alberta will have up to eight specialized crews that can respond to fires threatening communities.
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Officials say a wildfire near Squamish, B.C., which forced the evacuation of the nearby Alice Lake Provincial Park and triggered a local state of emergency earlier this week, is now classified as being held after help from cool, cloudy weather conditions.The BC Wildfire Service announced the fire was being held, meaning the fire is expected to remain within its current perimeter based on fuel and weather conditions and resource availability, on Saturday afternoon.
June 15, 2025 - 09:37 | Nono Shen | The Globe and Mail
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today before the two leaders leave for the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta.He will meet Carney this morning in his West Block office on Parliament Hill before both leaders fly separately to Calgary.
June 15, 2025 - 09:16 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning on Saturday in Gatineau, Que., the local fire department tells Radio-Canada.
June 15, 2025 - 09:05 | | CBC News - Ottawa
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