Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Wildfire crisis exposes flaws in public alerting landscape
By Teena Monteleone As a lull sets in from the early and rampant fire season in Saskatchewan, questions are surfacing about the effectiveness and use of the province's emergency alert system. One of t...
Jun 26, 2025
FSIN wants answers after RCMP assistant commissioner's removal
Multiple chiefs with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the removal of assistant commissioner Rhonda Blackmore from her role as ...
Jun 26, 2025
'You killed my grandson': Charges laid in Prince Albert murder case
By Nigel Maxwell Emotions were raw in a Prince Albert courtroom on Wednesday when two men accused of murder appeared before a judge. Darrenson Head and Hayden Joseyounen are jointly charged in the dea...
Jun 18, 2025
Fire chiefs association says national body could help better coordinate wildfire response
In the midst of an unprecedented early wildfire season in Saskatchewan, and what the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) calls 'disturbing data' from its latest census on fire safety, there are...
Jun 14, 2025
Prince Albert RCMP asking people to report sightings of man wanted for assault with weapon
Prince Albert RCMP are asking the public to report sightings of a man wanted in connection to an assault in the community of Little Red River. Police said in a news release on June 13 that they are ac...
Jun 14, 2025
ERFN identifies 60 new areas of concern at site of former Beauval residential school
By: Derek Cornet English River First Nation (ERFN) announced Thursday that it has 60 additional areas of concern at the former site of the Beauval Indian Residential School. Four years ago, the band b...
Jun 13, 2025 Returning Home Society Project Manager Dawn McIntyre speaks during a public update in Beauval on Thursday. (Facebook/ERFN Returning Home Project)
Free concert series provides uplifting sendoff for evacuees
By Nigel Maxwell A free concert series event in Prince Albert on Wednesday helped provide support to those displaced by the wildfires and gave thanks to the hundreds of volunteers. "Stronger Together"...
Jun 12, 2025 LJ Tyson and his mother Sheryl Kimbley perform on stage. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
SPSA: 'No significant fire behaviour' but lots of work to do
There are currently 23 active wildfires in Saskatchewan; six of them are not contained. None of the fires have experienced significant growth over the last few days. Read more: Sask. wildfire evacuees...
Jun 11, 2025 SPSA president and fire commissioner Marlo Pritchard said they’ve been informed of numerous communities being either prepared for or have already repatriated back to their communities. (La Ronge Regional Fire Department/Facebook)
Firefighter hospitalized in Saskatoon after lung collapses while serving
By Derek Cornet An experienced firefighter is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital from a collapsed lung and other ailments that arose while on the line of duty in Pelican Narrows. Brady Highway, who ha...
Jun 11, 2025 Brady Highway is a firefighter from Pelican Narrows. (Facebook/Brady Highway)
Precipitation stalls some wildfire growth; repatriation begins in Pelican Narrows
There are currently 25 active wildfires burning in the province; six are not contained. The Shoe Fire burning about 10 km away from Candle Lake is now over 500,000 hectares in size. The Saskatchewan P...
Jun 09, 2025
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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