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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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 ...

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...