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More evacuee activities needed in wake of complaints: Elder
An elder from Pelican Narrows is apologizing to neighbours area Henk Ruys Soccer Centre for the behaviour of a few evacuees, and is calling on tribal leaders to create more activities to prevent furth...
Sep 05, 2017 The Henk Ruys Soccer Centre in Saskatoon. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
More boots, air support sent to battle Pelican Narrows fires
The province is continuing to pour resources into the Pelican Narrows area to help keep wildfires in the area at bay from communities. In a teleconference update Tuesday afternoon, wildfire management...
Sep 05, 2017 Forest fire smoke near the junction of Highway 106 and Highway 135 in northeast Saskatchewan on Aug. 29, 2017. (Highway Hotline/Facebook)
Stress levels up for fire evacuee mother of 5
Saskatoon's Henk Ruys Soccer Centre has been bustling with activity as organizers and parents try to keep evacuee children entertained. Over 2,300 people have been forced to flee their homes due to wi...
Sep 04, 2017
'We're lonely, we want to go home:' Pelican Narrows evacuees
Kids from Pelican Narrows started school last Monday, but haven't been back as three wildfires forced more than a thousand people to evacuate the northern Saskatchewan community in recent days. "(The ...
Sep 03, 2017 More than 911 evacuees have made their way to Saskatoon from Pelican Narrows due to three wildfire. The tentative date for evacuees to head home is Sept. 8, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
Long weekend weather cooperates with Sask. wildfire fight
Fire crews continue to work to contain three wildfires burning near Pelican Narrows. "Numerous personnel, heavy equipment like bulldozers, helicopters and our air tankers are working all three of thos...
Sep 02, 2017 Forest fire smoke near the junction of Highway 106 and Highway 135 in northeast Saskatchewan on Aug. 29, 2017. (Highway Hotline/Facebook)
Buses on standby as wildfire 3 km from Pelican Narrows
Wildfires in northeastern Saskatchewan are continuing to pose a danger to the Pelican Narrows area, as more residents flee the flames and smoke. The province provided an update on the situation during...
Aug 31, 2017 A wildfire observed from the air in northern Saskatchewan on July 5, 2015. (Dave Webster/submitted)
Pelican Narrows evacuees hunker down in Saskatoon
Evacuees from Pelican Narrows were in Saskatoon Wednesday, preparing to wait out the forest fire situation threatening their homes. Earlier this week, community leaders urged Pelican Narrows residents...
Aug 31, 2017 Ken Custer stands in front of the Henk Ruys Soccer Centre in Saskatoon on Aug. 30, 2017 after evacuating from his home in Pelican Narrows, Sask. due to nearby wildfires. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Hundreds flee as wildfires rage near Pelican Narrows
Three forest fires in northern Saskatchewan are prompting evacuations in and around Pelican Narrows. While the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation council had called for a mandatory evacuation of the town ea...
Aug 30, 2017 Forest fire smoke near the junction of Highway 106 and Highway 135 in northeast Saskatchewan on Aug. 29, 2017. (Highway Hotline/Facebook)
RCMP charge man in Pelican Narrows death
RCMP have charged Southend's Brennan Lee Cook, 22, after a fight outside a Pelican Narrows business led to a man's death. Police were called to the area around 4 p.m. Saturday and discovered an injure...
Aug 01, 2017
RCMP investigate suspicious death in Pelican Narrows
An autopsy will be performed Monday in Edmonton after a suspicious death in Pelican Narrows, Sask. RCMP arrived at a home in the community around 9:45 p.m. Friday night. They found ...
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