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After months of resisting calls to ask the federal government for help, saying Ottawa could not provide the resources needed, ...
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency will be providing an update on the wildfire situation, a day after the province ...
Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski says she has approved a request for federal assistance.
Hundreds of people from a First Nation in Saskatchewan have had to seek refuge from wildfire in Alberta, as other cities in ...
A former volunteer firefighter who pleaded guilty to setting hay bales on fire in western Saskatchewan last summer has been ...
Eggerman said Procido’s hesitation stems from Section 4 of the Wildfire Act, introduced as an update to 1982 legislation. It ...
WINNIPEG — Ash and embers rained down on the northwestern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids when an out-of-control wildfire entered the community Wednesday evening resulting in the damage of one home and ...
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Wildfires in Saskatchewan have forced hundreds more people out of their homes, and officials are ...
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) confirmed to CBC that overwintering fires occurred in both 2017 and 2024. A wildfire burns next to Besnard Lake, Sask., on May 28. (Submitted by Trevor ...
In total, more than 8,000 people have fled wildfires in Saskatchewan. Canada’s wildfire season runs from May through September. Its worst-ever wildfire season was in 2023.