SaskPower crews are continuing their work to restore power to communities in the north after a wildfire damaged transmission lines. The company is now estimating they will be restoring power to affected communities between 6 and 8 p.m. tonight. With restoration of...
An author from Cumberland House First Nation has been awarded the NDN Collective Changemaker Fellowship. Priscilla Settee, a professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, is among 21 Indigenous leaders across Turtle Island – which includes...
SaskPower is pushing back its estimated time for when power will be restored to communities in the north. In a tweet posted to their official Twitter account, the utility said crews have been working non-stop since yesterday after gaining access to the sites that were...
Northern Saskatchewan was hit with cooler temperatures on Wednesday. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said a big weather system went through the province over the last 24-hours, causing the cool-down. According to Lang, this...
The tri-communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are declaring a state of emergency due to power outages. The communities have been without electricity since Monday afternoon due to a wildfire burning northeast of Prince Albert. La Ronge...
SaskPower says it hopes to restore power to about 8,000 northern Saskatchewan residents as soon as Thursday. Communities such as La Ronge, Air Ronge, Stanley Mission, and Montreal Lake have been without electricity since Monday due to a wildfire burning northeast of...
Three of the four candidates contesting for the presidential office of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan outlined their vision for the political body during a virtual candidate’s forum Tuesday evening. Clement Chartier was first to present his platform. He explained that...
The Cloverdale wildfire, which is burning northeast of Prince Albert has forced more people to leave their homes. The Rural Municipality of Garden River has order people living in the Berg Subdivision to evacuate due to the wildfire threatening that area. People who...
About 9,000 SaskPower customers in northern Saskatchewan remain without power after a wildfire burning northeast of Prince Albert destroyed a significant amount of electrical infrastructure on Monday. The communities of Waskesiu, Weyakwin and Meath Park are starting...
