Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
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Army reservists deploy to fight northern wildfires
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...
Jul 10, 2015
Lac La Ronge Chief seeks volunteers on fire front lines
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...
Jul 09, 2015
'Rescue rains' for northern Sask. not in forecast
Provincial fire officials said Tuesday they need significant, continuous rain over many days to turn around the fire situation in northern Saskatchewan."Fire officials are correct. It's what they need...
Jul 08, 2015
Controls trying to stop Qu'Appelle lake levels from dropping more
Despite only receiving half of our normal rainfall, the Water Security Agency (WSA) says there is enough water in Saskatchewan's water bodies to meet our domestic, irrigation, municipal, and industria...
Jul 08, 2015
PHOTOS: Sask. fire evacuees arrive in Cold Lake, Alta.
Mona Bell didn't have time to think about where she would end up as she quickly packed her belongings in La Ronge while a giant fire encroached on her community. "I was pretty shocked at first. I wasn...
Jul 05, 2015
Hail and rain hit southeast Saskatchewan Saturday
Many people had to hunker down for a while in southeast Saskatchewan as severe storms and potential tornados hit the area. Through Saturday afternoon there were severe thunderstorm watches and wa...
Jul 04, 2015
1 year later, Gainsborough bride recalls soggy wedding
A Saskatchewan woman's first wedding anniversary will be a much drier affair than her wedding was.In the midst of the devastating flooding in the southeast last year, Kelsey Reynolds tied the knot on ...
Jul 03, 2015
Fire ban in effect for Swift Current and area
As wildfires burn out of control in northern Saskatchewan, those in the southwestern part of the province are on high alert as well because of extremely dry conditions.Several rural municipalities in ...
Jul 03, 2015
Warm, dry weather could harm Sask. crop yields
Saskatchewan farmers need rain, and they need it soon.Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture crop specialist Shannon Friesen said the hot weather is causing some crops to flower too early.She said that ...
Jul 02, 2015
Support offered for Sask. ranchers as feed prices skyrocket
The dry spring is extending into a dry summer, and ranchers in Saskatchewan could lose money and even cattle. The hay and forage crops in Saskatchewan have been "severely reduced", according to t...
Jul 02, 2015
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