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Northern Alberta is largely boreal forest, with a mix of deciduous and highly flammable conifer species, such as white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine.This is a forest type adapted to fire that burns in 50- to 200-year cycles. [9]
The Alberta government provided a one-time payment of $1,250 per adult and $500 per children under 18 for Jasper residents to cover expenses. [22] In addition, the Canadian Red Cross provided a payment of $750 per household that has registered with the organization. The provincial and federal government also committed to match donations made to ...
The Richardson Fire (also known as the Richardson Backcountry Fire) was a 2011 forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was located north of the city of Fort McMurray in an area known as the Richardson Backcountry. The fire started in mid-May 2011, and burned over 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) of boreal forest.
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. Timmins Fire 9 Timmins Ontario: May–Nov 2012: 0: 39,540 hectares (97,700 acres) [21] Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire. L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: L'Isle-Verte Quebec: Dec 2014: 32 [22]
The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [ 9 ]
The Pro Volleyball Federation is a women's indoor volleyball league with eight teams: four in the midwest and two in the south and west each. As of its 2025 season , the minimum salary for a player is $60,000, with the league offering each player "benefits" worth $10,000, and an undisclosed amount of revenue sharing with their respective teams.
The fire continued to spread across northern Alberta and into Saskatchewan, [15] consuming forested areas and impacting Athabasca oil sands operations. With an estimated damage cost of C$ 9.9 billion (US$7.61 billion), it was the costliest disaster in Canadian history .
The province of Alberta had 306 wildfires early in the season, which was 100 wildfires above historic averages and was the first indicator of an early and above normal forest fire season. [19] Higher than normal winter and early spring temperatures in Alberta, as well as low precipitation averages across all the Western Canadian provinces was ...