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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 Structures have been lost in the Eagle Point neighbourhood in La Ronge. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW)
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 Members of the Candle Lake and Lakeland fire departments stand in front of the four skid units donated by Global Medic. (Nick Nielsen/paNOW)
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 RezCross will be held at the Willow Cree Memorial Sports Centre to help evacuees from the northern communities and according to the release, the initiative was created 10 years ago and worked by “providing holistic, culturally grounded care for evacuees, led by compassionate community members who understand the unique realities faced by our First Nations relatives.” (Submitted/Kevin Seesequasis)
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 As of Monday morning, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency said there are 15 active wildfires in the province. (650 CKOM file photo)
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 Multiple Indigenous groups and the Province of Sask. are looking for more wildland firefighters like these five who helped battle a blaze at Hall Lake recently. (Georgina Halkett/Facebook)
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 Left: Huzni Markos loading his truck full of food from Selena's Donair and Pizza to take to evacuees in Prince Albert. Right: Workers from Firehouse Subs drop off their donations to evacuees. (Facebook)
Housing Sask. wildfire evacuees becomes more and more challenging
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...
May 31, 2025 Evacuees from northern Saskatchewan sit outside of the Ramada in Prince Albert. (Nick Nielsen/paNOW)
Friday wildfire update: Smoke hampering firefighting efforts
The number of wildfires burning in the province dropped overnight from 17 to 16. A fire burning near Christopher Lake was contained and is no longer considered a wildfire of note, according to the Sas...
May 30, 2025 Buckland Fire and Rescue is helping to fight the wildfires in the north. (Buckland Fire and Rescue/Facebook)
Premier Scott Moe, SPSA declare provincial state of emergency
By Nigel Maxwell Due to the wildfires affecting communities across Saskatchewan, Premier Scott Moe, in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), declared a provincial State of Eme...
May 29, 2025 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Thursday wildfire update: 4,300 currently evacuated in Sask.
As cabin owners in the Narrow Hills Provincial Park area begin to get a clearer picture of the devastation wildfires have left behind, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's (SPSA) daily wildfire upd...
May 29, 2025 A aerial photo of the Rabbit Creek wildfire in Prince Albert National Park, taken in August, 2018. The fire started as a controlled burn in the park's southwest corner, but grew out of control and torched around 36,665 hectares. (Parks Canada/File)
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