Alberta, Canada investing in new wildfire teams

Alberta, Canada investing in new wildfire teams

May 23, 2025 6:22 pm MST.

Six new “Wildland Urban Interface” firefighting teams are being assembled across Alberta, with $7 million from the province and feds. As Sean Amato reports, it is an effort to prevent wildfires from destroying homes, like last summer in Jasper.

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