Fort McMurray

Where the wild things are: What happens to animals when they’re caught in a forest blaze

How do fires jump over bodies of water? Is there any ecological upside to the devastation? Fire behaviour expert Tim Lynham answers all questions

Fort McMurray mourns the loss of two people who were killed as they fled the wildfire, including the daughter of a deputy fire chief

On tour in Fort Mac to bear eyewitness to what the massive wildfire wrought

Our weekly politics podcast shifts gears and focuses on the disaster in northern Alberta

We look at how the wildfire that forced a massive evacuation grew so destructive so quickly, and why it took residents by surprise.

A rundown of the evacuation of Fort McMurray, and the government responses

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The good and bad news about standard policies

A Q&A with a scientist who specializes in forest fires, on what needs to happen for the Fort McMurray fires to go out