by MBC News | May 6, 2016
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde speaks with Health Minister Jane Philpott in November. Photo courtesy Twitter Friday is National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations is asking people to educate themselves. AFN...
by MBC News | May 6, 2016
Convoys headed south of Fort McMurray on Friday morning. Photo courtesy Facebook, Mike Hudema A massive convoy is underway to move thousands of stranded evacuees from oilfield camps north of the fire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The RCMP and military...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
The Lac St. Anne fire on Wednesday afternoon before it was contained Photo courtesy Facebook, Angela Phyllis Cassidy A wildfire in Alberta that threatened the upcoming Lac St. Anne Pilgrimage, and homes on the Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, was snuffed out by...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
Emergency Management deputy commissioner Meika Cleary. Photo by Manfred Joehnck There are 10 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan on Thursday and only one is listed as out of control, however the risk remains extreme. So far this year there have been 114 fire and almost...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
Regional fire bans have been mounting for weeks in northern Saskatchewan, the wildfire risk is leading to further restrictions by the provincial government. Northern Municipal Services is citing the extreme wildfire hazards for banning all burning or open pit fires in...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
Saskatchewan will begin to feel the effects of the out of control wildfires in Alberta today. Heavy smoke will be drifting over the province, with areas like La Loche, Beauval and Buffalo Narrows dealing with heavy smoke. People with respiratory issues are advised to...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the government of Canada will match all donations to the Red Cross to assist people displaced by the wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The House of Commons played host to a series of extraordinary statements by political...
by MBC News | May 5, 2016
Two people were killed, and a third was injured in a rollover accident on the Yellow Quill First Nation in east-central Saskatchewan on Thursday morning. The accident was reported around 2 a.m. The RCMP says the third person is in hospital with undetermined injuries....
by MBC News | May 4, 2016
Photo courtesy Robyn Paquette, Facebook. A Dene nation near Fort McMurray has launched into action to help evacuees in any way possible. Chipewyan Prairie First Nation is about an hour south of Fort McMurray. On Monday night, there were many images flooding social...
by MBC News | May 4, 2016
Saskatchewan is offering, but Alberta is still not asking for help to deal with the wildfire crises in Fort McMurray. The province can provide aircraft, a landing strip in western Saskatchewan, as well as administrative and evacuation staff, said the deputy...
