Firefighters making progress across Alberta, but Edmonton remains under fire ban heading into the weekend

The number of wildfires burning in Alberta's protected forest areas has continued to drop. As of Friday afternoon, Alberta Wildfire was counting 51 wildfires across the province, including 14 which remain classified as out of control. Among the largest is a 122,000-hectare wildfire in northwestern Alberta near the B.C. border and community of Rainbow Lake, a 74,000-hectare wildfire affecting the communities of Little Red River Cree Nation in northern Alberta, a 109,000-hectare blaze southeast of