Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire

It will be a recurring story for much of the rest of summer, wildfire smoke is blanketing the province. The Northeast seems to be experiencing the smoke a bit more over the last day or two according t...

Two fires near Resource last week had the Melfort Fire Department busy.On Wednesday afternoon, members responded to a large fire in a bush east of Resource.While strong winds pushed embers past the fr...

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is reporting as of 10 a.m. this morning there are 119 active fires in the province.According to the SPSA, 17 are still uncontained, however eight are conta...

Nearly a week after a fire destroyed a home in the Birch Hills area, support continues to pour in for the couple who lived there.Michelle Tarry was working in the yard moving bales on July 21 when thr...

A house on a rural property southeast of Birch Hills is considered a total loss following a fire late Wednesday afternoon.Birch Hills Fire and Rescue was dispatched around 5 p.m. to the property. By t...

Firefighters have been able to make headway to extinguish several fires in Saskatchewan during the weekend. That's according to Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency vice-president of operations, Steve Ro...

The Saskatchewan government has announced the lifting of the province-wide fire ban that had been in place since July 2 at provincial parks, Crown lands, and in the Northern Saskatchewan Administrativ...

A 19 year-old woman from the Carrot River area is dead after a collision involving a school bus on Sunday morning.RCMP responded to the crash three miles north of Carrot River on highway 23, at around...

With highways temporarily closed due to wildfires, La Ronge Mayor Colin Ratushniak is advising residents not to panic. Highways 2 and 102 were both closed to traffic Friday as several uncontained fire...

A shift in wind direction towards the south Friday will be of some benefit for most crews tackling many wildfires across the north, although that means more smoke further south. Cloudy and cooler weat...