Paramedics/Fire

State of emergency declared for Patuanak

A state of emergency has been declared for Patuanak.According to a social media post by the English River First Nation Emergency Management Team, the decision was made Wednesday after a meeting with c...

Jul 09, 2025

Canada Post service alerts for Beauval and Patuanak due to wildfire

Residents of two Saskatchewan communities evacuated several days ago due to wildfires are being warned about the impact on mail delivery. The post office in Beauval is closed, so mail destined for tha...

Jul 04, 2025

Beauval general store manager stays, as village receives mandatory evacuation order

Nearly 700 residents of the Village of Beauval, in northwestern Saskatchewan, are leaving their community by charter bus or by car because of the threat of an encroaching wildfire.Fab Damodharan, who ...

Jul 03, 2025

Driver hospitalized after pickup hits building in Nipawin

One man was taken to hospital after the classic Dodge Ram pickup he was driving crashed into a building in Nipawin. Nipawin Fire said they were called to the scene at 1 Ave. East and Railway Ave. arou...

Jul 03, 2025

Sask. law firm considering class action suit against province over wildfire response

There appears to be a lot of public interest in a potential class action lawsuit regarding the government's response to wildfires in Saskatchewan. Chad Eggerman, the founding partner of Procido Law wh...

Jul 02, 2025

Zenon Park senior dies in collision

A 66-year-old woman from Zenon Park was pronounced decease at the scene of a collision between a pickup and a car yesterday. Carrot River RCMP were called to the collision at about 3:30 pm on Highway ...

Jun 27, 2025

How Saskatchewan wildfires could affect future insurance policies

While the smoke has cleared in Denare Beach, life is anything but normal for resident Linda Lowe. Her family's home of 31 years was burned down by wildfire. What was supposed to be a relaxing summer h...

Jun 27, 2025

Wildfire crisis exposes flaws in public alerting landscape

As a lull sets in from the early and rampant fire season in Saskatchewan, questions are surfacing about the effectiveness and use of the province's emergency alert system.One of the issues came up ear...

Jun 26, 2025

Largest fire in Sask now 50 per cent contained

Saskatchewan's largest wildfire, the Shoe Fire, is now 50 per cent contained and has not grown much, remaining around 550,000 hectares in size. Multiple days of rain and cooler temperatures have allow...

Jun 23, 2025

Vehicle fire quickly doused in RM of Kinistino

The Kinistino Fire Department (KFD) responded to a vehicle fire over the weekend. The department was paged out to the fire in the RM of Kinistino just after 8:30 Sunday night. The SUV was fully engulf...

Jun 23, 2025