By Daniel Otis, CTV News, May 18, 2016
The Alberta government has announced that residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray could begin returning home as early as June 1 if conditions are deemed safe.
“We know that people want to return home as soon as it is safe to do so and that is what we are working towards,” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told reporters on Wednesday afternoon.
Over the past two weeks, more than 80,000 people have been evacuated from the northern Alberta city that sits in the heart of Canada’s economically vital oilsands: the third largest oil reserve in the world.
