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Some evacuees from northern Saskatchewan are beginning to return home after being forced out by wildfires, bringing a sense of relief, but also concern. News Source link
Read More »B.C.’s biggest wildfire doubles in size after merging with another fire
B.C.’s biggest wildfire has doubled in size. The Pocket Knife Creek wildfire, located in the Fort St. John fire zone, now measures 129,331.8 hectares. It merged with another fire on Sunday and as a result, the “size of this fire increased substantially,” the BC Wildfire Service stated in an update on …
Read More »Why hasn’t Sask. called for military help? The province says it needs wildfire expertise
At nearly every one of their daily wildfire media briefings, Saskatchewan officials are asked why they haven’t called on the military for support. Right next door in Manitoba, late last month, military helicopters airlifted residents from remote communities. And year after year, the Canadian Armed Forces respond to natural disasters …
Read More »‘I didn’t think I was gonna make it,’ says Brandon construction worker who survived northern Ontario wildfire
A construction worker who huddled with his crew inside a smoky shipping container as a northern Ontario wildfire encircled them said he’s happy to be alive and back home with his family in Brandon, about 215 kilometres west of Winnipeg. The 19-person crew, made up of employees from Sigfusson Northern, a Winnipeg-based …
Read More »Cooler weather, light rain helping some provinces in fight against wildfires
The Saskatchewan government is boosting support it’s giving to wildfire evacuees, while officials say light rain and cooler temperatures this weekend could help keep some of the province’s larger fires in check. Bryan Chartrand with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency told a news conference in Prince Albert, Sask., on Saturday …
Read More »Construction workers safe after huddling in shipping container as wildfire raged around them
The superintendent of a construction crew that sheltered in a shipping container as an out of control wildfire closed in around them says they’re lucky to be alive. The 19-person crew — with all but one hailing from communities across Manitoba — had been working at a job site near Sandy Lake …
Read More »Cenovus shuts in oilsands production at Christina Lake operations because of wildfires
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 2, 2025 11:43 am Updated June 2, 2025 11:44 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Cenovus Energy Inc. says only essential personnel are at its Christina Lake oilsands operations where it has shut production due to the …
Read More »Flin Flon wildfire situation ‘a timebomb’ but so far no structures lost, mayor says
The wildfire gnawing at the edge of Flin Flon is being fought by some 200 firefighters, but the battle is really in the hands of Mother Nature, the mayor says. “Generally, it depends which way the winds blow and how hard they blow and what direction they’re going to come from. …
Read More »Flin Flon braces for devastation as wind expected to drive wildfire into city, mayor says
The wildfire situation has reached a desperate level in Flin Flon, Man., where the mayor says he and the few remaining people have been told to leave because the winds are changing and there’s nothing else they can do. George Fontaine said he expects the worst. “We’ve seen devastation across the country in …
Read More »Red Cross helping Sask. wildfire evacuees
The Canadian Red Cross is assisting with evacuee registration and providing meals and emergency accommodations for Saskatchewan residents fleeing wildfires. “It’s been hard to find places for people with so many people evacuating [communities] all at one,” said Luc Mullinder, Canadian Red Cross vice-president for Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nunavut, in an CBC News …
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