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By the numbers: Saskatchewan's 2023 wildfire season
It doesn't take an expert to know that this past wildfire season in Saskatchewan was a bad one for the province. Many days throughout the summer months were spent reading air quality index reports and...
Shane Clausing
Oct 19, 2023
A Saskatchewan water bomber battles a fire this past summer. This summer saw forest fires burn an area five times the size of Prince Albert National Park. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Saskatchewan continues to support wildfire battles in NWT, B.C.
As wildfires rage on in parts of the Northwest Territories and B.C., Saskatchewan is continuing to lend a helping hand. In a statement provided to 650 CKOM, the provincial government said a lot of Sas...
Shane Clausing
Aug 21, 2023
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency unveiled its newest water bomber on May 2, 2023. (Lindsay Newman/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan sends firefighters to help in Northwest Territories
As wildfires continue to burn across the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan is sending help. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) released a statement Thursday explaining the assistance the p...
Will Mandzuk
Aug 17, 2023
People without vehicles lineup to register for a flight to Calgary, Alberta in Yellowknife on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to convene an urgent meeting with ministers and senior officials today as residents of the capital of Northwest Territories are ordered to evacuate the area because of an encroaching wildfire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden
Moe says Saskatchewan ready to help with NWT wildfires
As wildfires continue to devastate the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan's premier says the provincial government is ready to offer whatever assistance it can. On Wednesday evening, residents of Yel...
CKOM News
Aug 17, 2023
Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Angela Gzowski
Outfitter spends thousands to protect camp from wildfires
By Halyna Mihalik As forest fires burn around Saskatchewan, an outfitter in the northern part of the province is grateful for the rain, but worries it won't be enough to protect his camp. Paull River ...
CKOM News
May 26, 2023
Fire protection equipment delivered to Paull River Wilderness Camp on May 26, 2023. (Wayne Galloway/Submitted)
No permission needed for controlled burns regardless of conditions: SPSA
There were two significant fires resulting from controlled burns that spiralled out of control in late April, but provincial law doesn't require anyone who wants to conduct a controlled burn in Saskat...
Libby Gray
May 05, 2022
A fire truck responding to the fire on Valley Road in the RM of Corman Park on April 19, 2022. (Sheena Rozell/650 CKOM)
Suspicious fires set along riverbank from Broadway to University bridges
If it weren't for security staff at the Royal University Hospital (RUH), this story could have had a different ending. Around 7:20 p.m. Monday, Saskatoon Police and Saskatoon Fire responded to several...
Craig Silliphant
Jul 27, 2021
(Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
House, garage fires keep Saskatoon firefighters busy overnight
Damage is pegged at $30,000 in a garage fire that the Saskatoon Fire Department says was deliberately set in the City Park area Monday night. Fire crews were called out to the 800 block of Ninth Avenu...
CKOM News
Aug 11, 2020
Firefighters battle a blaze in a garage in the 800 block of 9th Avenue North on Aug. 10, 2020. (Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted)
Saskatoon landlord says arson on vacant homes 'running rampant'
Epic Alliance co-owner Alisa Thompson says the rash of arson fires this year is something she's never seen in all her years of working in the industry. It's not even half-way through the year, and the...
Brent Bosker
May 29, 2020
The Saskatoon Fire Department dealt with a rash of suspicious fires in the early morning of May 14, 2020. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Saskatoon firefighters kept busy over the past few days
Early Monday morning, Saskatoon fire crews were called to a report of a garage on fire in the 1200 block of Avenue H North. When they arrived, the garage was fully involved in fire. They were able to ...
CKOM News
May 25, 2020
(Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted photo)
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