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The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency will be providing an update on the wildfire situation, a day after the province ...
After months of resisting calls to ask the federal government for help, saying Ottawa could not provide the resources needed, ...
Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski says she has approved a request for federal assistance.
Hundreds of people from a First Nation in Saskatchewan have had to seek refuge from wildfire in Alberta, as other cities in ...
With more than 55 active wildfires burning in Saskatchewan, the province has reached out to Ottawa for help in the form of helicopters, 300 firefighters and more.
Eggerman said Procido’s hesitation stems from Section 4 of the Wildfire Act, introduced as an update to 1982 legislation. It ...
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Wildfire smoke blankets Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan's two largest cities are among the many communities across the province affected by air quality warnings today.
Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic ...
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Wildfires in Saskatchewan have forced hundreds more people out of their homes, and officials are ...
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) confirmed to CBC that overwintering fires occurred in both 2017 and 2024. A wildfire burns next to Besnard Lake, Sask., on May 28. (Submitted by Trevor ...
In total, more than 8,000 people have fled wildfires in Saskatchewan. Canada’s wildfire season runs from May through September. Its worst-ever wildfire season was in 2023.