Conditions are stable enough for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) members from Southend to return home.The announcement was made late Wednesday night and by Thursday morning more than 980 evacuees that have spent the last several weeks in Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina were in buses and on their way home.A noti...

Smoke from wildfires in northern Saskatchewan is moving into central areas of the province today in the wake of a cold front moving through the area. The hazy sky prompted Environment Canada to issue an Air Quality Advisory Tuesday morning for an area that stretches from north of La Ronge all the way down to just south...

The head of the emergency operations overseeing the evacuation of thousands of people from northern Saskatchewan said that 22 days after the first evacuation, he is exhausted. It started in Deschambault Lake to provide respite from smoke, continued with the evacuation of Sandy Bay and two days ago, accelerated with a v...

A councillor on the Mosquito, Grizzly Bear Head, Lean Man First Nation in central Saskatchewan is hoping to get some movement on a federal promise to build a fire hall in the community. Celeste Sanders, who is also on her local fire department, explained that their fire department will use the training they are getting...

A one kilometre-wide forest fire fueled by strong winds has resulted in the full evacuation of the community of Southend. Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation told the 1,100 residents yesterday to be ready to go on short notice and ordered a full evacuation this morning. According to a bulletin shared on the band's social medi...

Nearly two weeks after a lightning strike sparked a massive fire in northeastern Saskatchewan, over 1,400 members of a nearby Indigenous community remain evacuated.According to Monday's update from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, the majority of the youth and adults from Sandy Bay remain spread out amongst hotels in Prin...

A gold mine in Northern Saskatchewan has evacuated most of its workers as an approaching wildfire is threatening the site. The Seabee Gold Mine, located roughly 125 km northeast of La Ronge, evacuated a total of 191 personnel at the site on Wednesday evening. As of Thursday morning, the Kraus Fire is roughly 2 km west ...

The dry conditions across much of the region have led to ideal conditions for brush and grass fires. A combine fire in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Corman Park, south of Saskatoon, erupted into a brushfire that led to two homes being destroyed. Melfort Fire Chief Leonard Whitney told northeastNOW we're in the time of...