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UPDATE: Grade 9 girl set on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate
Saskatoon Police Service "believes" a Grade 9 girl was set on fire and a male teacher tried to put out the flames on Thursday. Police confirmed a 15-year-old female was transported to hospital with wh...
Sep 05, 2024 Saskatoon Police Service has confirmed a 15-year-old female was transported to hospital with what are believed to be serious injuries. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Blaze destroys Wiseton hotel, post office in west central Sask.
Flames forever changed a small community in west central Saskatchewan Tuesday. The village of Wiseton, located west of Dinsmore, lost two fixtures on its main street after fire burned a hotel and a bu...
Sep 04, 2024 A fire leveled two buildings in the village of Wiseton on Sept 3, 2024 (Kim Beattie/Facebook)
'Incredibly difficult': Wildfire evacuation order issued for Southend
For the second time in two weeks, the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has ordered the evacuation of one of its communities due to a wildfire. An evacuation order for Southend was issued on Wednesday afte...
Aug 29, 2024 An evacuation order for Southend was issued on Wednesday due to an uncontained wildfire. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Sandy Bay evacuation continues as wildfire continues to burn
By Nigel Maxwell Nearly two weeks after a lightning strike sparked a massive fire in northeastern Saskatchewan, more than 1,400 members of a nearby Indigenous community remain displaced. According to ...
Aug 28, 2024 A picture taken on Aug. 20 of the fire outside Sandy Bay. (paNOW)
No injuries after Westview duplex goes up in flames
The Saskatoon Fire Department said nobody was injured after a duplex went up in flames on Sunday evening. According to the fire department, they got a call about the fire on 33rd Street West in the ci...
Aug 26, 2024 The cause of the fire on 33rd Street West is now under investigation. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Wildfire smoke leads to air quality advisory for Saskatoon, Regina
Much of Saskatchewan was placed under an air quality advisory from Environment Canada on Friday, including the province's two largest cities. "Wildfire smoke is causing or expected to cause very poor ...
Aug 23, 2024 Rowers were out on the South Saskatchewan River on Friday morning, despite thick smoke in the air in Saskatoon. (Taylor MacPherson/650 CKOM)
Corman Park man recalls encounter with brush fire south of Saskatoon
Don Sych had a front-row view of Tuesday's brush fire in the RM of Corman Park, just west of Highway 11. According to Reeve Judy Harwood, the fire damaged two homes and several outbuildings, with some...
Aug 21, 2024 The Saskatoon Fire Department said nobody was hurt in the fire, which burned an estimated 800 acres south of Saskatoon on Tuesday. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
'A sad day:' Reeve says two homes lost in brush fire south of Saskatoon
The reeve of the RM of Corman Park says the community is "devastated" after two homes were destroyed by a brush fire on Tuesday. "It's a sad day for the community," Judy Harwood said. "There's no doub...
Aug 21, 2024 The aftermath of a brush fire in Corman Park, south of Saskatoon. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
'I just fled for my life': Plunkett man recalls intense school fire
Nothing but charred rubble remains after a fire burned an old school building in the village of Plunkett, Sask. earlier this month. Residents of the small community, 93 kilometres east of Saskatoon, t...
Aug 20, 2024 Lyle Bentley suffered second-degree burns while trying to shield his shop from the fire.
(Lyle Bentley/Submitted)
Wildfire smoke raises air quality risks for all in Saskatchewan
This smoke drifting across Saskatchewan could have a bigger impact on you than you realize. The air quality index across Saskatchewan is trending higher than normal due to wildfire smoke, and air qual...
Aug 16, 2024 Air quality advisories from Environment Canada remained in effect on Friday for much of the province. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
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