Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year. The article quotes University of Alberta researcher Mike Flannigan.

The weather has been so darn hospitable in Edmonton that birds haven't flown south this winter. Lu Carbyn an adjunct professor in the Department of Renewable Resources comments on the high number of birds in Edmonton this winter.

Former Renewable Resources graduate student Ian Sheldon discusses his latest book, “Storm Chaser, Canadian Prairie Skyscrapes."