Alberta Premier Alison Redford will be in Slave Lake today to help the residents mark the first anniversary of the devastating wildfire that destroyed one-third of the town.

Little could be done differently to save the northern Alberta town of Slave Lake from last's year devastating wildfire, concludes a report into the province's response to the fire.

Prince William has written to the residents of Slave Lake, Alta., wishing them the best on the anniversary of the wildfire which ravaged the town May 15, 2011.

A forest fire is threatening homes and cottages near the northeastern Ontario town of Kirkland Lake.

Powerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes wrecked two small Indiana towns, killed at least 28 people and bred anxiety across a wide swath of the United States, in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.