Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Evacuees seek answers about shelter space, Muskoday opens temporary home
By: Nigel Maxwell To help accommodate the demands associated with thousands of evacuees from Northern Saskatchewan, an additional registration center has opened up at the Sask Polytech campus in Princ...
Jun 04, 2025 A mother and son, evacuated due to wildfires burning in the north, search for answers at an evacuee centre at Sask Polytech in Prince Albert. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Experts weigh in on effects from extended wildfire smoke inhalation
by Nick Nielsen The active wildfires are burning an estimated 627,729 hectares of land in the province, which is about 9.6 percent of Saskatchewan's entire landmass. Residents in many areas have been ...
Jun 04, 2025
Province's largest wildfires grew significantly overnight
The Shoe fire that started near Lower Fishing Lake on May 7 and is now burning near Candle Lake, grew overnight from 407,956 hectares to 471,418. The blaze has Type 1 and Type 2 crew members, heavy eq...
Jun 04, 2025
Resort Village of Candle Lake declares state of emergency
With a massive nearby wildfire showing no signs of slowing down, the Resort Village of Candle Lake has Declared a State of Emergency. As per the latest update from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agenc...
Jun 03, 2025
Sask. has 20 active wildfires, 33 communities evacuated
The Pisew fire, west of La Ronge grew 3,000 hectares overnight. It has now charred a total of 86,630 hectares and has caused damage in the community. Structures, including homes, have been lost in the...
Jun 03, 2025
Candle Lake fire department receives fire suppression units from Global Medic
By Nick Nielsen With the Shoe fire just 14 kilometres away from the eastern side of Candle Lake and the subdivision of Minowukaw Beach, Candle Lake Emergency Services is now better equipped to fight t...
Jun 03, 2025
RezCross now open on Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation
As wildfires continue to spread, the RezCross Emergency Evacuation Centre has been activated under Operation Red Willow. "Our community has always lent a helping hand when called to do so... and our c...
Jun 02, 2025
SaskTel services restored in most northern communities
By Logan Lehmann Most communities in northern Saskatchewan have been reconnected with SaskTel services after wildfires damaged some vital equipment. The telecommunications company said that as of 1 p....
Jun 02, 2025
Community leaders welcome Scott Moe's appeal for more firefighters
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe issued a call for inactive firefighters to reach out and sign up to help battle the blazes burning hundreds of thousands of acres of Saskatchewan forests at a news confe...
May 31, 2025
Saskatchewan communities coming together to support evacuees and firefighters
It's a scary time right now for a lot of people in Saskatchewan as wildfires continue to threaten communities in the north. The one thing evacuees have been able to count on, however, is their fellow ...
May 31, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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