Tag Archives: Fire

Fire damage could be seen throughout the trees along the road leading to the Montreal Lake Cree Nation.On Monday, a roadblock was still in place a few kilometres from the community and an evacuation r...

Residents of Grandmother's Bay are going home and the province says more northern Saskatchewan communities may soon know when they could return as well. The provincial government announced Saturday ar...

Reservists from across the province have arrived in Prince Albert to help fight the wildfires.The group of about 70 men and women will take an eight hour course on fire fighting before heading to the ...

Residents who live in northern communities not affected by the ongoing wildfire have a chance to go home Saturday. The Ministry of Highways has arranged a convoy to escort residents of ...

In civilian life they are farmers, carpenters, butchers, heavy machine operators and a recent high school graduate, but now 69 army reservists from Saskatchewan are deploying to the front lines to fig...

The federal minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, made his first ever trip to Prince Albert to assess firefighting efforts Thursday. Steven Blaney's visit comes after the federal gover...

Even with military assisting the 600 fire line workers in northern Saskatchewan, there's need for volunteers to pick up where the troops leave off."The military is here, but it's not gonna be here for...

As crews continue to fight raging fires in northern Saskatchewan and families hunker down in shelters, national attention is turning this way - the Governor General toured an evacuation facility in Re...

A buildup of sewer gas ignited by an arc from a light switch caused a fire in Moose Jaw that left a woman dead this week, according to the Moose Jaw Fire Department.The 66-year-old was inside a traile...

As wildfires continue to burn in northern Saskatchewan over 12,000 people have been forced from their homes.With 7,000 people registered with social services, Saskatoon has already taken in more than ...