Firefighters Gain Control of One Blaze Threatening Oil Sands in Alberta May 17, 2024 By Robert Tuttle Firefighters gained control of one wildfire near the main oil-sands region of Alberta on Wednesday, but continued to battle a...
Oil-Sands Capital of Canada Now Grappling With Second Wildfire May 16, 2024 By Robert Tuttle and Brian K. Sullivan The unofficial capital of Canada’s oil-sands industry is now facing a second wildfire that’s north of the city and closer...
Update: Wildfire Threat to Oil-Sands Capital Expected to Ease as Winds Shift May 15, 2024 By Robert Tuttle and Brian K. Sullivan The threat of a wildfire bearing down on the unofficial capital of Canada’s oil-sands industry is expected to lessen as...
Western Canada Wildfires Prompt Evacuations, Air Quality Warnings May 13, 2024 The season’s first major wildfires have spread to roughly 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) across Western Canada on Sunday as authorities...
Canadian Wildfires Shutter Sawmills, Drive Up Lumber Prices June 13, 2023 By Rod Nickel Canada’s worst-ever spring wildfire season has forced its forestry industry to shutter sawmills, driving up lumber prices and setting production...
Canada on Track to See Worst-Ever Wildfire Season June 5, 2023 By Laura Dhillon Kane Canada is on track to see its worst-ever wildfire season in recorded history if the rate of land burned continues...
Update: Wildfires Rage Across Canada’s Gas Heartland, Cutting Production May 8, 2023 By Robert Tuttle and Sheela Tobben Wildfires raging across western Canada forced the evacuation of 30,000 residents and cut at least 234,000 barrels a day of...
Wood-Panel Producer Norbord Halts Mill Production Following Alberta Wildfires May 22, 2019 Norbord Inc said on Tuesday it suspended production at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in High Level, Alberta, to...
300-Plus Canadian Wildfires Force Closures of Lumber Mills, Natural Gas Facility July 12, 2017 By Danielle Bochove, Natalie Obiko Pearson and Jen Skerritt More than 300 wildfires in British Columbia have forced Canadian lumber mills and an Enbridge Inc. natural gas compressor station...
Excess Capacity Continues to Drive Rate Cuts at June Renewals: JLT Re Report June 5, 2017 Reinsurance rates fell for the sixth consecutive year at the June 1, 2017 renewals, according to a market commentary published...