WILDFIRE UPDATES
86 actives wildfires burning in northern Sask., displacing over 3,200: SPSA
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) says the province is battling 86 active wildfires, with more than 3,200 people displaced from their homes and several major blazes still out of control as of Aug. 8. Fifteen fires remain uncontained and 17 are threatening property, prompting full or partial evacuations in 13...
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Widespread Wildfires
"It's unprecedented": SaskPower reflects on impact, damage caused by wildfires to date
This year's wildfire season has been a long one and is still going on in lots of northern parts of the province.The effects and issues caused by the wildfires have been immeasurable, and according to SaskPower, it's something they've never experienced."This year's wildfire season started earlier than normal, espec...
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Saskatchewan
NDP in Prince Albert
NDP focus on economy, northern issues as caucus meets in Prince Albert
Saskatchewan's official opposition is taking aim at the provincial economy, highlighting what its plans would be as its now much larger caucus met in Prince Albert on Thursday. Leader Carla Beck met with media near the Knotty Pine Bistro in Little Red River Park to talk about two local priorities: growing the economy a...
Aug 07, 2025
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Wildfires
Rainfall not enough for significant change to Sask. wildfires: SPSA
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 356.Steve Roberts, the public safety agency's vice president of operations, said fire conditions have improved slightly, ...
Aug 07, 2025
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Crime
Debden man facing impaired driving charge after three-vehicle collision in Saskatoon
A 20-year-old man from Debden is facing charges after a three-vehicle crash in Saskatoon's Exhibition neighbourhood early on Thursday morning.According to police, officers were called to the intersection of Ruth Street and St. Patrick Avenue just after midnight after getting a report of the collision."The driver o...
Aug 07, 2025
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Sentence Over
Choiceland teen who killed mother to be released into custody of father
CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains disturbing descriptions of violence.A 13-year-old who killed his pregnant mother in Choiceland in 2021 will soon be a member of society again.A decision was made in Nipawin court late Wednesday afternoon to release the now 17-year-old to the custody of his father on Septemb...
Aug 07, 2025
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Canada
Pride festivals: breaking the isolation of LGBTQ+ people in rural areas
MONTREAL - Pascal Lessard and his partner bought their farm in 2019. They live in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It's a rural area south of Quebec City. Although they were concerned about how the local population might react after learning ...
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U.S. in final decision to hike Canadian softwood duties, tells officers to collect
The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will harm communities on both sides of the border. A stateme...
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B.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River's south arm in Lower Mainland
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigenous communities. A B.C. Supreme Court judge says in...
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Phoney wildfire images cause confusion on social media. Here are steps to spot them
This week, the BC Wildfire Service posted on Facebook two aerial view images of wildfires raging across densely forested terrain with aircraft attempting to douse the flames. The images were dramatic, compelling and, the service warned, completely fake...
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'Outstanding' Mboko hailed as role model for young Canadian tennis players, girls of colour
TORONTO - After her extraordinary win at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 18-year-old tennis sensation Victoria Mboko is being celebrated as a role model for the next generation of Canadian athletes. The phenom, who was born in North Carolina and ra...
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Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to B.C. after tour boat runs aground
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been deployed to Vancouver Harbour to investigate the Au...
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