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Two men charged after Molotov cocktail ignites home
Two men have been arrested and charged after a Molotov cocktail was used to set fire to a Regina home. Police assisted Regina Fire and Protective Services with a reported house fire around 4 a.m. on t...
Dec 22, 2017
Red Cross helps people displaced by Moose Jaw apartment fire
A weekend blaze at an apartment building in Moose Jaw has left several people without a home just before the holidays. The fire broke out at Crestview Housing Cooperative on Wolfe Avenue at 10 a.m. Su...
Dec 12, 2017 Fire crews battle the apartment building blaze in the 1300 block of Wolfe Avenue on Dec. 10, 2017. (Discover Moose Jaw)
Fire leaves Moose Jaw apartment building with extensive damage
A fire has left an apartment complex in Moose Jaw's Hill Crest neighbourhood with extensive damage Sunday morning. The blaze began around 10 a.m. at the apartments in the 1300 block of Wolfe Avenue. W...
Dec 10, 2017 Fire crews battle the apartment building blaze in the 1300 block of Wolfe Avenue on Dec. 10, 2017. (Discover Moose Jaw)
Sask. family shares story of wildfire survival
The family of two men injured in the wildfire in southwest Saskatchewan this week are sharing the harrowing story of their survival. Twila Wedrick and her daughter Shianna spoke with 650 CKOM Friday m...
Oct 20, 2017 Evan and Ron Wedrick remain in hospital after sustaining critical burns fighting a fire near Tompkins on Oct. 17, 2017. (Kylie Migneault/GoFundMe)
Fire fighting duo remain in hospital, GoFundMe page started
While most people were evacuated on Tuesday, Ron and Evan Wedrick stepped in to help battle the blaze. The father and son duo from Tompkins, Sask. were helping fight the fire near their town when they...
Oct 19, 2017 Evan and Ron Wedrick remain in hospital after sustaining critical burns fighting a fire near Tompkins on Oct. 17, 2017. (Kylie Migneault/GoFundMe)
131 km/h wind gusts leave trail of damage in Moose Jaw
The wind was so strong Tuesday in Moose Jaw, meteorologists called it the windiest city on Earth. Wednesday saw repairs underway after hurricane-strength gusts reaching 131 kilometres per hour hit the...
Oct 18, 2017 Kelly and Shelley Anaka's farmyard, a mile north of Moose Jaw, had large steel grain bins lifted up and moved by the windstorm on Oct 17, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Wind, wildfires force people in Sask. to flee from homes
Wildfires combined with hurricane-force winds created a dangerous and deadly situation in several communities across Saskatchewan as hundreds of people were forced to flee from their homes. In a news ...
Oct 18, 2017 Aerial view of a farmyard north of the Village of Empress damaged in the wildfire Oct. 18 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Evacuees able to head home as of Wednesday morning
As of 10 p.m. the chief administrative officer and director of emergency preparedness in Kindersley, Bernie Morton said the fires near Leader are under control. Earlier the towns of Leader, Burstall a...
Oct 17, 2017 The St Paul Lutheran Church on the corner of Highway 321 and Maharg Avenue in Burstall, Sask. on Oct. 17, 2017. (Keldon K./Twitter)
Moose Jaw garage fire causes $200K in damage
Flames destroyed a garage in Moose Jaw Monday. Police were called to the 600 block of Fairford Street East for a report of a garage fire around 2:30 p.m. When crews arrived, the entire garage was cons...
Oct 16, 2017 Heavy smoke is seen pouring out of a flaming garage in Moose Jaw on Oct. 16, 2017. (James Johnson/Twitter)
Cooking safety key to curbing Regina house fires: chief
Regina's fire chief is backing up findings from a recent study on the leading cause of house fires in the city. The study, released Tuesday, found 39 per cent of house fires were caused by cooking acc...
Oct 14, 2017 Regina City Manager Chris Holden (right) introduces media to the city's new fire Chief Layne Jackson on Sept. 12, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
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