Alberta wildfires on Friday: New emergency alerts issued as hot temperatures set in

New emergency alerts were put in place Thursday night as extreme wildfire activity picks up with the return of hot temperatures. CTV News Edmonton will keep track of Alberta Emergency Alerts issued throughout Friday. Provincial officials will speak in Edmonton at 3 p.m. The news conference will be livestreamed in this article. There are the latest emergency alerts in Alberta: BIG LAKES COUNTY A mandatory evacuation order in Big Lakes County was downgraded to an alert at 5:19 p.m. on Thursday. Re