After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will ...

The federal government will now allow its firefighters to mask up — upending a decades-long policy that had left them exposed to toxic flurries of illness-inducing wildfire smoke. The U.S. Forest ...

The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews protective N95s as they battle increasingly intense fires across the nation. For ...

2:03 Edmonton under air quality advisory as Northwest Territories battles wildfires Air quality warnings were issued throughout parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan over the Labour Day long weekend as ...

Wildfire smoke has a chokehold on the Edmonton area as it settles in until at least Tuesday, triggering multiple warnings and alerts for public safety. The City of Edmonton activated its extreme ...

Local nonfiction: In “The Big One,” the Minneapolis-based expert says what we failed to learn from COVID could spell disaster. Any time Michael Osterholm needs inspiration to continue fighting for ...