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Alberta: With recent changes to the Alberta Fire Code, the province now allows each municipality to regulate the sale and use of consumer fireworks. In Wood Buffalo, there is a total ban, meaning fireworks cannot be purchased or set off anywhere, while Edmonton allows fireworks, but only upon obtaining a permit first.
Fire bans began in Alberta on February 20. [13] Beginning in mid-May, wildfires began to encroach on Fort McMurray, which had been devastated by fire in 2016. [14] [15] On the evening of May 10, the wildfire designated MWF017 was 16 km southeast of Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo had issued an evacuation alert. [16]
Firearms are federally regulated in Canada through the Firearms Act, the Criminal Code, and the Canadian Firearms Program, a program operated within the RCMP.Regulation is largely about licensing and registration of firearms, including air guns with a muzzle velocity of more than 500 ft/s or 150 m/s and muzzle energy greater than 4.2 ft⋅lb or 5.7 J. [1]
Two organizations, the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters and the Coalition for Gun Control intervened in support of the Firearms Act. [ 2 ] The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the constitutional validity of the Firearms Act , with Chief Justice Catherine Fraser , Justice Mary M. Hetherington and Justice Ronald Berger writing three separate ...
Under the ban, which was issued in two parts with 14 counties covered Sunday night and 16 more added Wednesday: All open burning is prohibited. All burn permits previously issued are canceled.
It has housed the Walterdale Theatre since 1974, and has been an Alberta Historic Site since 14 July 1976. The tower still holds the original bell. The tower still holds the original bell. 53°31′09″N 113°29′46″W / 53.5193°N 113.4962°W / 53.5193; -113.4962 ( Strathcona No. 1 ) Edmonton Fire Rescue Services ...
The hot weather has made fire danger in Alberta extreme. More than 2,500 wildland firefighters are working in the province , which reported that 19,576 had been evacuated from the areas where ...
The Chisholm fire was a forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta that burned in the late spring of 2001. It is known for its exceptional intensity and fire behavior. In fact, at the time, it had the highest head fire intensity ever recorded.