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PHOTOS: Saskatoon firefighters fish empty SUV out of South Saskatchewan River
Firefighters in Saskatoon retrieved an empty vehicle from the South Saskatchewan River on Thursday morning. According to the fire department, a call came in reporting a vehicle in the river near the B...
Aug 28, 2025 The fire department said its water rescue team confirmed there was nobody inside the SUV. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Provincial fire ban lifted in Saskatchewan after rainy week
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has lifted its provincial fire ban. The ban, which covered all Crown lands north of the provincial forest boundary stretching north to the Churchill River, along ...
Aug 14, 2025 “Municipalities and provincial parks should continue to monitor local conditions and implement fire bans or burning restrictions as required," the public safety agency noted. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency)
Public safety agency says rainfall not enough for significant change to Sask. wildfires
There are currently 87 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan, according to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency. So far this year, the province has seen 459 wildfires, well over the five-year average of ...
Aug 07, 2025 So far this year, the province has seen 459 wildfires, well over the five-year average of 356. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Buhl wildfire near Waskesiu shows no recent growth; 49 blazes burning in the north
By Kenneth Cheung The Buhl fire, first reported on June 29 and caused by a lightning strike, has now burned approximately 60,389 hectares, including 11,059 hectares inside Prince Albert National Park ...
Jul 23, 2025 Fire crews work along the perimeter of the Buhl wildfire near Prince Albert National Park. (Parks Canada/Facebook)
Sask. law firm considering class action suit against province over wildfire response
By Susan McNeil There appears to be a lot of public interest in a potential class action lawsuit regarding the government's response to wildfires in Saskatchewan. Chad Eggerman, founding partner of Pr...
Jul 03, 2025 “It’s going to be quite the fight,” said Chad Eggerman, the founding partner of Procido Law. (La Ronge Regional Fire Department/Facebook)
One dead after West Industrial fire in Saskatoon
One person is dead after a fire in the 600 block of Avenue N South in the West Industrial neighbourhood of Saskatoon on Saturday. Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release on June 28 that...
Jun 28, 2025 One person is dead after a fire in the 600 block of Avenue N South in the West Industrial neighbourhood of Saskatoon on Saturday. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Denare Beach woman says more could've been done to save homes destroyed by fire
A Denare Beach resident isn't happy with the Saskatchewan government after a wildfire destroyed her home, along with many other homes and buildings in the community. Keri Lentowicz said she and her fa...
Jun 20, 2025 NDP MLA Jordan McPhail says he’s demanding answers from the Sask. Party government about the lack of water bombers that were fit to fly while numerous wildfires burned in the province. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Weekend rain helps firefighters battling flames in northern Saskatchewan
After weeks of battling intense wildfires in northern Saskatchewan, firefighters got some help from Mother Nature over the weekend. "We saw precipitation on all our fires this weekend, and that was gr...
Jun 16, 2025 Marlo Pritchard, president of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, said on Monday that rain over the weekend helped firefighters battle the devastating blazes buring in northern parts of the province. (La Ronge Regional Fire Department/Facebook)
Train sparks grass fire on Circle Drive in Saskatoon
A train sparked a large grass fire on Circle Drive on Monday evening. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, the blaze was caused by a CN train that was heading south. The fire stretched between ...
Jun 10, 2025 The fire department said the large grass fire stretched between 33rd Street West and 22nd Street West. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan's biggest wildfire takes toll on Narrow Hills Provincial Park
The Shoe Fire, which is approximately 500,000 hectares in size, has caused an unprecedented amount of damage in the Lower Fishing Lake area. As the biggest fire in Saskatchewan, it's been a serious ch...
Jun 09, 2025 “It hit the park pretty hard, and it's not just the core area of the park,” said Paul Johnson, an assistant deputy minister with Saskatchewan’s ministry of parks, culture and sport. (Buckland Fire and Rescue/Facebook)
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