Alberta Outlines 2025 Wildfire Response Budget

March 5, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Reporting some blazes already in their province, ministers in oil-rich Alberta are proposing significant funding in a new budget to control wildfires. Should it pass, the provincial budget for this year would allocate C$1.4 million (US$967,000) over the next three years to enhance the wildfire response capabilities. Another C$900,000 (US$622,000) would support fire-weather monitoring. Other companies featured: Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and Suncor Energy Incorporated (NYSE:SU)