20 homes destroyed by wildfire, entire Indigenous community evacuated in northern Alta.

A 4,300-hectare wildfire has destroyed 20 homes in a northern Alberta Indigenous community and forced the entire community to leave. The police station and Northern Store have also been destroyed.  Thursday afternoon, the wildfire encroached on the barge landing that serves as the main access point for a northern Alberta Indigenous community. According to the Government of Alberta, the fire is one of three threatening the community. Just before 1 p.m., the chief of the Little Red River Cree