A local reeve is frustrated the province is not moving quickly enough to impose fire bans in provincial forest land.Rural Municipality of Duck Lake Reeve Remi Martin said the RM has already put a fire ban in place, but the same restriction is not currently in effect in the adjacent Nisbet forest where the Lobstick wild...

The La Ronge Regional Fire Department has issued a fire and fireworks ban effective immediately. The ban was issued on Wednesday at approximately 12 p.m. with support from tri-community leadership, as well as the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency. While the ban covers fireworks and open fires, traditional smokers, prop...

Wildfire season has begun in the Prince Albert area. A plume of smoke could be seen billowing from the Nisbet forest about 40 kilometres southwest of Prince Albert, between MacDowall and Duck Lake Tuesday afternoon.According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's (SPSA) active incidents map, the blaze, named the Lo...