Wall Street Journal | Canada Wildfires Force Evacuation, Hampering Oil-Sands Operations Wall Street Journal CALGARY, Alberta—Raging forest fires in Canada's oil-rich province of Alberta have forced the evacuation of some 88,000 residents of the town of Fort McMurray, shutting down one major oil-sands mining operation on Wednesday and reducing output at ... Destructive Wildfire near Canada's Oil Sands May Have Been Fueled by Global Warming A Canadian oil-sands town is on fire; 80000 residents must evacuate Oil workers trying to fly out of Fort McMurray grounded |