More firefighters needed
Leaders welcome Premier's appeal for more firefighters
At a news conference in Prince Albert on Thursday, 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. Previously, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said that all of their resources typica...
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Sask Marshals Service
Sask. Marshals begin field deployment in Prince Albert
People in the City of Prince Albert will now see members of the Saskatchewan Marshal Service (SMS) working more publicly with city police. The new service, which is about a year ahead of schedule, graduated its first class of nine officers last month and will now start deploying officers into the field as part of the s...
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"This is the time for all hands on deck in this province," says NDP leader Carla Beck
The Saskatchewan NDP are voicing their thoughts surrounding the province's wildfire fight.We're not even in June yet and the 2025 wildfire season has already been devastating. There have been 207 active wildfires in the province this year, that's 40 more than last year.As of May 30th, there are 15 active fires, 7 of wh...
May 30, 2025
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Where will they go?
Housing evacuees may become more challenging as more are displaced by wildfires
Frustration is growing among those evacuated from their homes due to northern wildfires. Weldon McCallum is the emergency evacuation coordinator for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation working with the Canadian Red Cross and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), but he says processing times to receive services fro...
May 30, 2025
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Charges upgraded
Charges against Shoal Lake woman upgraded to second degree murder
Charges against a woman accused of killing a child in the community of Shoal Lake, east of Carrot River, have been upgraded from manslaughter to second-degree murder. The RCMP announced Friday that after more investigation and after talking to Public Prosecutions, the manslaughter charge against Karrena Young will be w...
May 30, 2025
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Shifting winds
Friday wildfire update; smoke hampering firefighting efforts
The number of wildfires burning in the province dropped overnight from 17 to 16. A fire burning near Christopher Lake was contained and is no longer considered a wildfire of note issued in the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's (SPSA) daily wildfire bulletin.The massive Shoe Fire has now charred 305,000 hectares and i...
May 30, 2025
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Canada
B.C. ostrich farm at heart of avian flu debate upbeat despite looming federal cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates the British Columbia ostrich farm where some 400 birds face being euthanized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says spirits remain high among protesters looking to stave off the cull. K...
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Rallies held to stir up support for Canada Post workers across the country
HALIFAX - Canada Post workers gathered in 13 cities across Canada today, holding rallies to raise awareness of the ongoing labour dispute between their union and employer. Basia Sokal, a letter carrier from Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley who joined a ...
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Quebec to seek leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
MONTREAL - Quebec will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal a ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violates English-language minority education rights. A spokesperson for Quebec's justice minister confirmed Fr...
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More evacuations ordered as crews battle wildfires burning in Manitoba
FLIN FLON - More people in northern Manitoba were told to leave their homes Saturday as wildfires continued to threaten communities and send thick smoke into the air The roughly 600 residents of Cranberry Portage were placed under a mandatory evacuatio...
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Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms
OTTAWA - Price Carter is planning to die this summer. The 68-year-old has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He knows it will take his life eventually; before it does, he intends to die on his own terms with his family at his side. "I was t...
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'A conglomeration of acquired goodies': N.B. man with cancer sells stuff to declutter
FREDERICTON - It was a complete shock when Gerry Carroll was diagnosed with cancer and was given months to live. The retired Riverview, N.B., sales representative said he had gone to see his family doctor in December 2023 for what he described as a "g...
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