shfiting 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...
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Mayor credits Montreal Lake firefighters for saving parts of Weyakwin
The mayor of a northern hamlet evacuated due to wildfires is crediting firefighters from Montreal Lake Cree Nation for saving parts of his community. "They made the difference," said Weyakwin Mayor Medrick Thomas. "We would have lost the north end. We would have structures and trailers and all of that bu...
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Evacuees step up for shelter pets amid wildfire chaos
The decisions can be overwhelming for a person forced to evacuate due to a wildfire. What documents to pack? What family keepsakes to take? Where to go?This week, dozens of people in the Flin Flon and Creighton area made another decision: to help.On Tuesday, the wildfire that had started near Creighton on the Saskatche...
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Smokey Air
Air quality advisory issued for Central Saskatchewan
The wind has shifted. Smoke from the wildfires in the north is now blowing into more south and eastern areas of the province. Echoing the warning issued by Environment Canada, the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is advising people to take precautions. "Smoke can cause increased coughing, throat irritation, ...
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Memories lost
'It doesn't feel real': Wildfire leaves East Trout Lake residents devastated
As wildfires continue to tear through the province, cabins once filled with memories are now turned into ash.East Trout Lake, a community 133 km northwest of Candle Lake, was evacuated due to the Shoe wildfire.Debbi Hydamacka's cabin at East Trout Lake has been her "home away from home" for 55 years."We ...
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displaced evacuees
Wildfires leave thousands evacuated, anxious about homes left behind
Nola Moris travelled from Sandy Bay to Prince Albert for a quick grocery run, but when she tried to go home the highways were closed due to wildfires burning in the north. She's been stuck in Prince Albert ever since. "There was no evacuation on the horizon, and so we thought we'd be safe enough to come and get so...
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Search to resume for children almost a month after they disappeared from N.S. home
LANSDOWNE STATION - A search for two young children who went missing almost a month ago is set to resume Saturday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. On May 2, four-year-old Jack Sullivan and his six-year-old sister Lilly Sullivan were repo...
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B.C. man who got $8M says he'll be penniless if made to pay sex assault damages
VANCOUVER - A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he'll be left "homeless and penniless" if forced to pay civil damages to victims who won a lawsuit against him. T...
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Ottawa's plan to 'fast-track' infrastructure doesn't go far enough: Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government's plan to circumvent the Impact Assessment Act to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough. Taking questions from reporters in Ottawa today, Poilievre wouldn't say whet...
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Prematurely born harbour seal Zeus is rescued in British Columbia
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Festival attack suspect Adam Lo in court, as judge receives fitness assessment report
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Carney says he has no immediate plans to overhaul municipal funding
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa probably can't undertake a thorough overhaul of how municipalities are funded in the near future, with the federal government now focused on major projects. Carney spoke this morning to the Federation of ...
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