OTTAWA, May 17 (Reuters) - The Canadian federal governmenthas full confidence in the ability of Alberta to fight aresurgent wildfire in the oil sands region and has not receivedany additional requests for help, Public Safety Minister RalphGoodale said on Tuesday.
Goodale told reporters that it was not a good sign that thefire is attacking oil sands facilities and said that the firewould have dampening effect on the economy.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren and Leah Schnurr; Editing by NickZieminski)