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Evacuees seek answers about shelter space, Muskoday opens temporary home
By: Nigel Maxwell To help accommodate the demands associated with thousands of evacuees from Northern Saskatchewan, an additional registration center has opened up at the Sask Polytech campus in Princ...
Jun 04, 2025
Experts weigh in on effects from extended wildfire smoke inhalation
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 ...
Jun 04, 2025 It's not just firefighters that have to worry about the effects of wildfire smoke. Health experts say residents are affected too. (Buckland Fire and Rescue/Facebook)
Province's largest wildfires grew significantly overnight
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...
Jun 04, 2025 Volunteer and municipal fire departments from across the province are helping to fight the Pisew Fire in La Ronge. (Wakaw/Hoodoo Fire and Rescue /Facebook)
Resort Village of Candle Lake declares state of emergency
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...
Jun 03, 2025 Various sections of the Candle Lake fire break being constructed. (Eric Schmalz/Facebook)
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)
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