Fire update
Number of Sask. wildfire evacuees likely to increase: Premier Scott Moe
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) and Premier Scott Moe anticipate the number of wildfire evacuees in the province to rise over the next week."I do fear, with the weather that we are seeing in the next four to seven days, that we are going to have more people evacuated in the next number of days, as opp...
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A call for help
MN-S declares state of emergency
The Métis Nation government in Saskatchewan has joined the provincial government and several first nations from Northern Saskatchewan in declaring a State of Emergency. According to Saturday's media release, an alarming number of their citizens are being forced to flee their home communities as hot, dry conditio...
May 31, 2025
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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...
May 31, 2025
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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...
May 30, 2025
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Wildfires
"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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Canada
Carney names former UN ambassador Blanchard as chief of staff
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his permanent chief of staff on Sunday, appointing Marc-André Blanchard, Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations, to one of the most powerful posts in Canadian politics. Meanwhile, two sources not...
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NDP says government needs to be more transparent in trade talks with the U.S.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney should honour the Liberal government's past promises to the NDP and table information about any U.S. trade talks in the House of Commons, the party's interim leader says. The request from Don Davies comes ahead of t...
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Ports, mines and pipelines top premiers' wish lists ahead of meeting with Carney
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are heading into to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon Monday armed with their wish lists for major "nation-building" projects that could buttress the economy in the face of a U.S. trade war. Carney asked ...
8h ago
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B.C. ostrich farm facing cull ponders moving birds to U.S. as 'last resort'
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates a British Columbia ostrich farm facing a federal cull says it may look into the process of moving the birds to the United States as a "last resort." Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Univers...
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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 employees gathered at rallies in 13 cities across the country on Saturday to highlight the ongoing labour dispute between their union and employer and stir up support for the workers at the centre of the dispute. The rallies were ...
May 31, 2025
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