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Housing evacuees may become more challenging as more are displaced by wildfires
Frustration is growing among those evacuated from their homes due to northern wildfires. Weldon McCallum is the emergency evacuation coordinator for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation working with the C...
May 30, 2025

Mayor credits Montreal Lake firefighters for saving parts of Weyakwin
The mayor of a northern hamlet evacuated due to wildfires is crediting firefighters from Montreal Lake Cree Nation for saving parts of his community. "They made the difference," said Weyakwin Mayor Me...
May 30, 2025
Evacuees step up for shelter pets amid wildfire chaos
The decisions can be overwhelming for a person forced to evacuate due to a wildfire. What documents to pack? What family keepsakes to take? Where to go?This week, dozens of people in the Flin Flon and...
May 30, 2025

Air quality advisory issued for Central Saskatchewan
The wind has shifted. Smoke from the wildfires in the north is now blowing into more south and eastern areas of the province. Echoing the warning issued by Environment Canada, the Northern Inter-Triba...
May 30, 2025

‘It doesn’t feel real’: Wildfire leaves East Trout Lake residents devastated
As wildfires continue to tear through the province, cabins once filled with memories are now turned into ash.East Trout Lake, a community 133 km northwest of Candle Lake, was evacuated due to the Shoe...
May 29, 2025

Wildfires leave thousands evacuated, anxious about homes left behind
Nola Moris travelled from Sandy Bay to Prince Albert for a quick grocery run, but when she tried to go home the highways were closed due to wildfires burning in the north. She's been stuck in Prince A...
May 29, 2025

‘A temporary measure’: New four-way stop in downtown Meadow Lake after signal malfunction
The City of Meadow Lake has installed new four-way stop signs at the intersection of Centre Street and 2nd Avenue after the traffic lights failed."It's a temporary measure," said interim city manager ...
May 29, 2025

Canada ‘not out of the woods’ yet after court rules against some of Trump’s tariffs
While Ottawa is welcoming a U.S. federal court decision that would block President Donald Trump's fentanyl-related tariffs against Canada, experts say local businesses are "not out of the woods" yet.O...
May 29, 2025

Thursday wildfire update; 4,300 currently evacuated
As cabin owners in the Narrow Hills Provincial Park area begin to get a clearer picture of the devastation wildfires have left behind, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's (SPSA) daily wildfire upd...
May 29, 2025

Evacuation issued for Weyakwin, PAGC issues State of Emergency amid wildfires
In a somewhat confusing SaskAlert issued Wednesday evening, notice was given that the northern Hamlet of Weyakwin is being evacuated.The community is being threatened by the Ditch02 fire, a human-caus...
May 28, 2025