There is some positive news on the wildfire front from the town of Creighton. The out-of-control fire east of Flin Flon, MB, is not affecting the community much. The fire was first detected on May 9 and has grown to about 31,600 hectares. "It's not bad, we're not in any immediate danger," Mayor Bruce Fidler t...

Update: The Rural Municipality of Ponass Lake No. 367 has removed the fire ban within the RM effective Tuesday, May 14 at 5 p.m.--Three local rural municipalities (RM's) are under a fire ban due to dry conditions.A level 1 Fire Ban has been in place within the RM of Arborfield since Apr. 16. Any open burning is banned ...

Update: The Rural Municipality of Ponass Lake No. 367 has removed the fire ban within the RM effective Tuesday, May 14 at 5 p.m.--Three local rural municipalities (RM's) are under a fire ban due to dry conditions.A level 1 Fire Ban has been in place within the RM of Arborfield since Apr. 16. Any open burning is banned ...

As of Monday morning, 15 active wildfires have been reported in Saskatchewan, leading to poor air quality in some communities.One of the most prominent fires is south of the community of Hall Lake. While crews are battling that blaze, all Elders and those in the priority 1 group are on evacuation alert for Hall Lake, S...

SaskAlert has issued an air quality advisory due to a plume of wildfire smoke that is spreading southwards through Saskatchewan.This band is expected to produce poor air quality and reduced visibility throughout Saturday as the smoke moves through. By noon, the Air Quality Health Index showed Prince Albert at a rating ...

The risk of wildfires is high in Western Canada but officials say the situation is better than it was at this time last year.The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says 90 fires are burning currently, and seven are out of control.Almost half of the fires are in Alberta and one-third are in British Columbia.Julienn...

British Columbia's auditor general says his office is doing a review of the province's response to the 2021 wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C.Michael Pickup says in a video statement that the report will focus on the B.C. government's roles and responsibilities for disaster recovery, its support for...

CARIBOO, B.C. - Susanne Langan first noticed the Burgess Creek wildfire from her home in British Columbia's Cariboo region on Saturday afternoon as a distant, thin column of smoke.But as winds picked up that night, the flames became more aggressive."I could see lots of trees going up like Roman candles.... There w...