A string of calamities has revealed the resilience and sense of unity that Fort McMurray, Alta. spent decades building
But they’ve got an unlikely ally—a savvy, ‘unpaid representative’ who is giving beleaguered homeowners a fighting chance against stingy insurers
With the Liberals sliding in the polls, Trudeau’s middling stance on pipelines isn’t helping
The evacuation of Williams Lake shows lessons of last year’s nightmare sank in. Good thing, because the wildfire threat across Western Canada is getting worse.
‘Time really does heal,’ says Brielle Brunet’s mother Monique, on the eve of her daughter’s first birthday
On the anniversary of the Fort McMurray fire, City Calgary and City Edmonton presented a special live broadcast about the fire’s aftermath
A year after the fire, residents of Fort McMurray reflect on the decisions they made that day about what to take with them, and what to leave behind
Maclean’s interviewed four evacuees after the fire in Fort McMurray. One year later, we tracked them down to ask about the time that followed and how the fire affected their lives.
A year after wildfires engulfed Fort McMurray, here’s a reminder of just how massive the fire area was
The label sprang up spontaneously, on handmade signs and locally printed bumper-stickers. It never suited a town so well.
One year after the wildfire, Fort McMurray faces slow growth, unemployment and residents with itchy feet. The boom years never looked so good.
The smoke and soot are gone, but the memory of the great fire lingers