The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says fire breaks built near La Ronge after the 2015 wildfires did not work this time around. The agency provided their update on the wildfire situation Thursday afternoon. During the call, SPSA representative Steve Roberts was...
From a RCMP media release on June 4, 2025, two suspects have been charged following a firearms incident that preceded a non-fatal officer-involved shooting on May 28, 2025, near Canwood, SK. A search warrant was executed on the SUV the two suspects were located in....
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is encouraging everyone in the north evacuated due to wildfires to follow orders and stay away until informed otherwise. Steve Roberts, with the SPSA, encouraged everyone to follow direction of their leadership as he says things...
Fire has breached the town of La Ronge. Reports are coming in of property being damaged in Denare Beach, Hall Lake, Sucker River, Eagle Point, Wadne Bay, and in La Ronge. It’s been reported that the Robertson’s Trading Post and Rona building have been lost...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says many of the First Nations evacuees are asking to be hosted in First Nations communities. The FSIN as now calling on any First Nation community willing to take in evacuees to contact them. Beardy’s and Okemasis...
The number of evacuees due to wildfires in the north continues to rise. At an update on the fires Tuesday afternoon, hosted by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, Premier Scott Moe says the number of evacuees in the province is now approaching 15,000. However,...
The La Ronge region continues to be under threat of wild fire. The Regional communities remain under a mandatory evacuation order. Residents are asked leave immediately and head south on highway 102. Evacuees are permitted to travel south on the highway. They are...
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says they have completed a safe evacuation of patients from La Ronge. The SHA says 53 acute patients from the La Ronge Health Centre and care homes in the community were safely evacuated. Patients were transported to other health...
A charge of first-degree murder has been laid in the death of a man from Sweetgrass First Nation. RCMP say they responded to reports of an assault in a field near Cut Knife early this past Saturday morning. An injured man, who has been identified as 52-year-old Garnet...
From a press release sent out today, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is working closely with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, the Canadian Red Cross and community partners to immediately and safely evacuate more than 45 acute care patients and long-term...
