by MBC News | Jul 10, 2015 | Current News
The Chief of the La Ronge Fire Department says some of the first group of fire departments to travel to the La Ronge area to help out with firefighting have now cycled out. Ron Pratt says that includes Saskatoon and the R-M of Buckland. Pratt says new personnel are...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2015 | Current News
The La Ronge Emergency Operations Centre is now confirming the loss of 3 structures at Wadin Bay, just north of La Ronge. No other details have been provided other than that it happened several days ago and the property owners have been informed of the loss due to the...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2015 | Current News
Montreal Lake and La Ronge are the hot spots in the intense battle against Saskatchewan’s wildfires. The threat to both communities has not changed much over the past 24 hours. Two fires have now combined on the outskirts of La Ronge. The fire has gotten a little...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2015 | Current News
Cameco says production at its McArthur River, Key Lake, Cigar Lake and Rabbit Lake uranium operations have not been interrupted by forest fires in northern Saskatchewan. The company has implemented additional measures to protect the health and safety of people at its...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2015 | Current News
A university professor who studies natural disasters like wild fires says the people displaced from their homes will need a recovery process. Dr. Judith Kulig says evacuees will go through a grieving process when they eventually return home. “After a disaster where...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2015 | Current News
Here is the latest update from the La Ronge Emergency Operations Centre: Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for the town of La Ronge, Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Village of Air Ronge and community of Pinehouse. There was not a lot of movement by the wildfire...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2015 | Current News
For now, Premier Brad Wall wants the focus to remain on keeping people safe and putting out fires not what the disaster is costing the provincial budget. So far, more than 13,000 people have been forced from their homes, the Canadian Armed Forces have been called in...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2015 | Current News
The Opposition NDP says the government should hire all qualified firefighting applicants to help battle the fires. Yesterday, the government put out a call to any volunteer firefighters who wanted to help battle the fires in the north and according to Chief Tammy...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2015 | Current News
Civilians are being trained to pick up where the military leaves off. Plans are already in the works to replace hundreds of soldiers on the front lines of Saskatchewan’s forest fires with civilians. A call went out yesterday for paid volunteers and by the end of the...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2015 | Current News
No structures or homes in the La Ronge tri-community area have been destroyed or damaged by wildfires as of this report. Fire crews are continuing to hold the line on both the north west flank behind the La Ronge industrial park and Bigstone area, and the east flank...
