Wildfire danger remains high in northern Alberta, but firefighters making progress
The number of wildfires burning in Alberta's protected forest areas has continued to drop. Saturday afternoon, Alberta Wildfire was counting 50 wildfires across the province, including 15 which were classified as out of control. Among the largest is the 124,000-hectare Long Lake fire in northwestern Alberta near the B.C. border and community of Rainbow Lake, the 74,000-hectare Paskwa fire affecting the communities of Little Red River Cree Nation in northern Alberta, the Grizzly complex of three
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