at the Bald Mountain Helitack Base last weekend. As much as $50,000 worth of taxpayer-funded firefighting, aviation and forestry equipment was stolen sometime between about noon Saturday and 7:30 ...

"It did feel really realistic," said Captain Matt Lane of the Hollister Helitack crew. "The quality of the imagery is all very good." The simulator allows crews to experience real-life emergency ...

New wildland firefighting recruits are putting their skills to the test at Alberta's wildfire training centre in Hinton.