Sask. to ask for federal support as wildfire costs top $100M

While the Prime Minister visited Saskatchewan on Friday, Premier Brad Wall started a conversation on how fighting wildfires in the country can be improved.

Stephen Harper and Wall toured La Ronge to see some of the destruction caused by the massive fires.

“Our government does stand by and is ready to assist any province or territory that requests federal assistance in fighting forest fires,” Harper told the media later in Regina. “We’re happy to work with the provinces and territories on ways to better help them respond to forest fires in the future.”

Wall, along with B.C. Premier Christy Clark, has suggested having an enhanced military presence during wildfires and a national cache of technology.