Tag Archives: Forest Fires
All wildfire evacuees back home in Saskatchewan: public safety agency
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says all evacuees who were forced out of their homes due to wildfires have now returned. The agency says the First Nation reserve of La Plonge in northwest Saskat...
Aug 20, 2025 Volunteer firefighters from Davidson, Sask., load up their truck at the Provincial Wildfire Center in Prince Albert, Sask., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Regina, Saskatoon see air quality warnings as wildfire smoke blankets Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's two largest cities are among the many communities across the province affected by air quality warnings today. Environment Canada says much of the province is currently dealing with poor...
Jul 22, 2025 Two people stand as the South Saskatchewan River is enveloped by forest fire smoke in Saskatoon, on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Saskatchewan public safety officials say they are anticipating an average wildfire season with a cooler spring and hotter summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Air quality warnings issued in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, as wildfire smoke lingers
Air quality warnings remain in effect for parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba as wildfire smoke continues to linger over the region. Environment Canada says the northwestern Saskatchewan community of B...
Jul 18, 2025 Last year’s record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Smoke from wildfires blankets the city as a couple has a picnic in Edmonton, Saturday, May 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Smoke Bringing More Air Quality Warnings to Saskatchewan
PRINCE ALBERT - Environment Canada says smoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility in a large area of Saskatchewan due to northern wildfires. Environment Canada said...
Jul 14, 2025 The red area is under an air quality warning as of 8:15 Monday morning. Screenshot via Environment Canada
Wildfire evacuees continue returning home in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Wildfire evacuees continued to make their way home in some Manitoba communities Tuesday, but there were hurdles. Tataskweyak Cree Nation lifted its evacuation order Monday evening, then told the commu...
Jun 18, 2025 Trees burned by wildfires in northern Manitoba are shown during a helicopter tour in the surrounding area of Flin Flon, Man., on Thursday, June 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Deal
Wildfire update: weather cooperating, but still some evacuee concerns
PRINCE ALBERT - Officials from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency are seeing the weather cooperating with respect to fighting wildfires, and some evacuees are beginning to return home. But there ar...
Jun 11, 2025 SPSA President Marlo Pritchard speaks at online media conference Tuesday on wildfire situation. Courtesy Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency
'When our mates need help, Australia is there'; Canada gets help fighting wildfires
As wildfires continue to burn from northwest Ontario to British Columbia, Canada is getting help from near and far, and very far. Southern Highlands - New South Wales Rural Fire Service in Australia s...
Jun 10, 2025 People stop along a highway as a large active wildfire fills the sky with smoke in the background in the La Ronge, Sask., area in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency,
Wildfire update: fires worst in years, say officials
The wildfire situation in northern Saskatchewan continues to worsen as fires keep growing and more structures are lost. Premier Scott Moe had told reporters the previous day that he had never seen a f...
Jun 04, 2025 A view of wildfire damage in La Ronge, Sask. is seen in this handout photo on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Facebook/Derek Cornet *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Thousands still out of homes in Saskatchewan and Manitoba due to wildfires
Nearly 3,800 people from First Nations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba remain out of their homes due to nearby wildfires. A wildfire burns near Oxford House, Man., in a Aug. 13, 2024 handout photo. The C...
Aug 27, 2024
Saskatchewan imposes provincial fire ban due to hot, dry weather
Saskatchewan has issued a fire ban for provincial lands, parks and the northern administrative district due to hot and dry conditions. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says open fires, cont...
Jul 11, 2024
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