EDMONTON - Former members of an elite Alberta wildfire-fighting crew say government budget cuts have left the province battling its current blazes short-handed.
EDMONTON - Former members of an elite Alberta wildfire-fighting crew say government budget cuts have left the province battling its current blazes sho.
The program once had 63 firefighters stationed around Alberta, including at Edson, Fox Creek and Lac La Biche. But it was cut in 2019 by the United Conservatives
The Alberta Rapattack program once had 63 firefighters stationed around the province, including at Edson, Fox Creek and Lac La Biche communities now threatened by wildfires.