Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP says it’s planning to introduce an emergency motion urging the province to address a crisis in Regina’s neonatal intensive care unit where some families have been sent to North Dakota. Saskatchewan’s provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP says it’s planning to introduce an emergency motion urging the province to address a crisis in Regina’s neonatal intensive care unit where some families have been sent to North Dakota. Saskatchewan’s provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
PRINCE ALBERT - Saskatchewan safety officials say wet weather is expected to help in the fight against wildfires in northwest Saskatchewan.
Steve Roberts from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says fire conditions have slightly improved, because of scattered rain across the province’s north.
He says firefighters from other parts of Canada, Australia and Mexico continue to fight the fires, and roughly 300 Canadian military members are helping.
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Fires over the long weekend forced residents of the village of La Loche, about 600 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon — as well as 12 other communities — to leave, bringing the total number of scattered evacuees to roughly 3,000.
Officials say the fire near La Loche is 40 per cent contained and, while mitigation efforts are going well, residents can expect to be out of their homes until the western side of the fire is contained.
Saskatchewan is reporting 81 active wildfires, including 14 that are not contained.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2025.
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