Severe storms may bring large hail, strong winds and a low tornado threat to Alberta mid-week. Alberta's heat wave is peaking ...

On June 13, the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 lifted its evacuation order, allowing all residents to return home. An evacuation alert remains in place for everyone north of Township Road 710 to 740, ...

Residents of Swan Hills are allowed to go home, 10 days after a wildfire in the area forced the northern Alberta community's 1,300 residents to flee.

Wildfires burning in Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta have affected more than 344,000 barrels per day of oil sands production, or about 7% of the country's overall crude oil output, ...

Thousands have also been affected by wildfires in Saskatchewan and Alberta, with 1,300 people in the community of Swan Hills northwest of Edmonton already forced from their homes. This report by The ...

WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew ordered a provincewide state of emergency Wednesday as his province struggles with a series of crippling wildfires, mainly in the remote north. At a late ...

Smoke rises from wildfire near Swan Hills. The fire continues to burn out of control about eight kilometres from the northern Alberta town. (Alberta Wildfire - image credit) ...

Smoke rises from Edith Lake wildfire SWF076, which forced the evacuation of the nearby town of Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada, shown in an aerial photograph 25 May 2025.Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX ...

Global News The fire near Swan Hills isn't the only fire of concern in Alberta — as of Tuesday afternoon, there were 27 active blazes in the northern and western regions Alberta Wildfire monitors.

"The convoy and evacuation was very orderly," he said. Whitecourt has hosted wildfire evacuees before in 2023 when their northern neighbours, including residents of Swan Hills, were ordered out.

Alberta’s wildfire season is off to a fiery start, with a major blaze near the town of Swan Hills prompting evacuations and temporarily shuttering oil operations. The fire—burning out of ...

[1/3]Smoke rises from wildfire SWF076, which has prompted a one-hour evacuation notice for the nearby town of Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada in an aerial photograph May 25, 2025.