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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.
Eggerman said Procido’s hesitation stems from Section 4 of the Wildfire Act, introduced as an update to 1982 legislation. It ...
A former volunteer firefighter who pleaded guilty to setting hay bales on fire in western Saskatchewan last summer has been ...
Wildfires in Saskatchewan have forced hundreds more people out of their homes, and officials are hoping for a bout of rain to ...
Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic ...
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.