by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015 | Current News
The government expects thousands of people to start returning home today following the announcement that the evacuation order has been lifted for the La Ronge area. Emergency Social Services spokesperson Karri Kempf says there are still close to 9000 people receiving...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s Premier says we should be proud and not ashamed of our rich wealth in energy resources. He made the comments at the close of the Premiers conference where a new deal for a Canadian Energy Strategy was signed. The deal has been four years in the making...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015 | Current News
Friday July 17, 2015. 9: 30a.m. Up-Date Mandatory evacuation order lifted Lac La Ronge Indian Band (La Ronge), Air Ronge and Town of La Ronge. Road will open at 1p.m. today. Arrangements are being made for buses to bring back people who need travel assistance....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015 | Current News
Local authorities are now putting in place the final concrete steps towards bringing people home, now that the immediate fire threat is contained near La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Following their meeting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, local...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015 | Current News
According to the provincial government’s community risk assessment profiles the conditions were ripe for the province’s northern wildfire disaster. Many of the communities directly threatened and forced to evacuate because of fires were rated as high risk, very high...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015 | Current News
There is some good news today on the forest fire front. There is rain in the forecast for the La Ronge area and more evacuees are getting the all clear to return home. The most significant impact on the fires could be delivered by mother nature, not soldiers. There...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015 | Current News
Highway 102 north of Sucker River will be open for general traffic, starting Thursday, July 16. Road access north of Lac La Ronge is not currently under immediate threat by fire, and so travel on Highway 102 will be open for residents, businesses and visitors....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015 | Current News
Fire experts say the immediate threat still exists to the communities of Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Air Ronge, and La Ronge. And that means that the evacuation order remains in place. Today’s weather brought sun and clear skies for flying, but it also brought the...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2015 | Current News
It’s moving day for hundreds of evacuees as some received the green light to return home while others will move to locations closer to the north. The provincial government announced today evacuees from Pinehouse, Little Red, Sturgeon Lake, Red Earth and Wahpeton can...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2015 | Current News
Premier Brad Wall spent some time at the nerve centre of forest fire control in the province this morning. He took part in the daily operations update at the emergency centre in downtown Regina. He has nothing but praise for the way things are being handled and how...
