ALBERTA:As the wildfire situation in Fort McMurray, Alta appeared to stabilize Sunday, insurance companies across Canada have already begun deploying mobile response units and flying in personnel to the province from across the country to prepare to assess the damage. Most companies have natural disaster and crisis units that wereRead More

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says storefront shops selling marijuana will continue to blur the lines of the law around pot until the federal government clarifies the rules around the use of recreational weed. The federal government plans to unveil new legislation next spring that would legalize cannabis. InRead More

Lac La Biche: Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta’s oil sands city. Thousands more displaced residents were getting a sobering drive-by view of their burned-outRead More

TORONTO — In what the president of the Canadian Red Cross called an unprecedented “Canadian moment,” donations to help the victims of the huge wildfire around Fort McMurray, Alta., hit $30 million by early Friday. “Canadians are collectively coming together to show their care and compassion,” Conrad Sauve said. “WeRead More

TORONTO – Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale meets today in Toronto with provincial ministers responsible for emergency preparedness. The meeting was planned before wildfires in northern Alberta forced a massive evacuation of Fort McMurray involving tens of thousands of people. But Goodale notes the irony of the timing and theRead More

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — When Jacui Stordock heard that some people fleeing the wildfire in Fort McMurray were forced to leave their pets behind, she took action. Stordock and some of her friends from Edmonton loaded up two pickups with animal carriers and drove north to help. They soon hadRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will provide all possible assistance to Alberta as wildfires ravage Fort McMurray. Canada is a country of people who help each other in challenging times, Trudeau told his caucus Wednesday. “I’ve been dealing with offers of support and calls fromRead More

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Alberta declared a state of emergency Wednesday as crews frantically held back wind-whipped wildfires that have already torched 1,600 homes and other buildings in Fort McMurray, forcing all 80,000 residents to flee. “The situation in Fort McMurray is not stable. It is unstable,” Scott Long ofRead More

Ontario: Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city stands ready to help northern Alberta battle a wildfire that has forced a full evacuation of Fort McMurray. Officials say about 80,000 residents fled the area on Tuesday night as the wildfire crossed the area’s main highway and threatened multiple neighbourhoods, eventuallyRead More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne faced increasing pressure Wednesday to release details about two Liberal members of the Ontario legislature she had to discipline for sexual harassment. Wynne admitted Tuesday that she has had to deal with a “couple instances” of Liberal MPPs accused of inappropriate behaviour, but wouldn’t sayRead More