“Fire is always where people are,” Flannigan continues. “It goes with us wherever we go. But the genie is out of the bottle.

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Soaring high above the tallest trees in the Canadian boreal forest, fire lookouts play a crucial role in wildfire detection. And if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work inside one, you ...

Fire restrictions were in effect for the High Level Forest Area and entire Fort McMurray forest area, where wildfire danger was extreme, Alberta's wildfire agency said. Fire restrictions limit ...

The Brush Ridge Fire Tower in Tar Hollow State Forest was constructed in 1934. The tower stands 73 feet tall with a seven-by-seven-foot metal cab at the top of the structure.

Saturday night fire towers will be illuminated to honor those who once worked inside them.

Vermont's state-owned fire towers are going to get a long overdue makeover, starting this summer. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation launched the first phase of a project to ...

A man has been charged with causing over $1 million in damages in a vandalism spree in a rural Alberta town. Vermilion RCMP say they received a complaint Sunday that a provincial government building ...

For politicians, discussing climate change in a province enriched by oil money is fraught. By Ian Austen When I arrived in Alberta recently to report an upcoming political story, there was no ...

Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined at this same point in the year, according to statistics from the Alberta government.

Fire Tower, a documentary by director, writer, and producer Tova Krentzman, offers an intimate account of the life of a lookout observer situated in the serene Rocky Mountains above the vast northern ...

Fire Tower, a documentary by director, writer, and producer Tova Krentzman, offers an intimate account of the life of a lookout observer situated in the serene Rocky Mountains above the vast northern ...