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Premier says two people charged with starting wildfires
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says two people have been charged with setting wildfires. He says one of them was charged in relation to a fire around La Ronge, which has forced 7,000 people to flee th...
Jun 06, 2025
Sask. broadcasters unite for province-wide radiothon to aid wildfire evacuees
SASKATCHEWAN - As wildfires continue to displace families and threaten communities across Saskatchewan, broadcasters from across the province are coming together for a united day of action - a provinc...
Jun 06, 2025
Mosaic - A Festival of Culture Gets Underway
REGINA - Mosaic - A Festival of Culture has returned, with 15 pavilions representing their respective areas. Each pavilion brings forth the history, culture, cuisine and more. For the first day, SaskT...
Jun 06, 2025
Canada's jobs market 'treading water' as unemployment rate rises to 7% in May
Job growth has been virtually non-existent in the country since the start of the year, Statistics Canada said Friday. Canada's jobless rate rose a tenth of a point to seven per cent in May amid a gain...
Jun 06, 2025 Construction workers on a new condo site in Saint John, New Brunswick on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Years after it was pitched, Canada is still waiting for a national disaster agency
OTTAWA - In 2023, as Canada suffered through its worst-ever wildfire season, the federal government was looking at creating a national disaster response agency. Two years later, the country is again f...
Jun 06, 2025 Smoke filled skies from out of control wildfires in Norway House, Man., Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the Norway House Airport as crews continue to fight wildfires in northern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
'We're people too': Canada's homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run
Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after breakfast. He had been sleeping at the shelter for about a month "this ti...
Jun 06, 2025 Roger Oake, 71, stands outside of the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Premier Scott Moe faces call to bring in military as wildfires rage
Premier Scott Moe is resisting an Opposition call to bring in the military to combat wildfires that have forced thousands from their homes. In a statement Thursday, Moe's office said they recognize th...
Jun 06, 2025 Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force help the Munroe family board a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Norway House, Man., Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the Norway House Airport as crews continue to fight wildfires in northern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Suspect allegedly set fire in ditch
SNOWDON - Police are investigating after a man allegedly set a fire in a ditch beside Highway 55. On June 3 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Nipawin/Smeaton RCMP received a report of a small fire in the di...
Jun 05, 2025
Edmonton police arrest two suspects in Regina homicide
Two people have been arrested in the May 30 murder of 22-year-old Wahkia Ewalk. Angus Fox, 32, and Herb Fox, 34, were arrested by Edmonton Police Service on June 3 in Edmonton, Alta. Angus Fox is char...
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Province in touch with Ottawa, but doesn't want military help at this time
As wildfires continue to tear through northern Saskatchewan, forcing between 10,000 and 15,000 people from their homes and destroying hundreds of properties, the Opposition NDP is calling on Premier S...
Jun 05, 2025 Aerial support by the SPSA. Photo via Kinistino Fire Department Facebook page
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