Tag Archives: Environment
E. coli levels return to acceptable levels at Sunnyside Beach
Environmental Public Health has provided updated test results showing that E. coli levels have returned to acceptable levels at Emma Lake's Sunnyside Beach.A warning was put out earlier in the week, b...
Jul 11, 2025
‘It's been a waste of our time’: Community dissatisfied with Cenovus Rush Lake open house while uncontrolled well release continues
Residents and community leaders said they left Thursday's open house in Paynton feeling frustrated and unheard, more than two months after the Rush Lake 2 thermal facility uncontrolled well release be...
Jul 11, 2025
SPSA issues sweeping fire ban for northern Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is issuing a fire ban that takes effect on Thursday, July 10 at 8:00 a.m. and will cover a significant area of northern Saskatchewan.The area described in the rel...
Jul 09, 2025
State of emergency declared for Patuanak
A state of emergency has been declared for Patuanak.According to a social media post by the English River First Nation Emergency Management Team, the decision was made Wednesday after a meeting with c...
Jul 09, 2025
Sask. Government commits $20 million to support communities and individuals affected by wildfires
The Government of Saskatchewan has committed $20 million to support communities and individuals affected by this year's devastating wildfires. Through the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), a d...
Jul 07, 2025
E.Coli detected at Emma Lake's Sunnyside Beach
Environmental Public Health is advising the public not to swim in certain parts of Emma Lake, north of Prince Albert, after high levels of a harmful bacteria were found. E.coli (Escherichia coli) is a...
Jul 07, 2025
Beauval general store manager stays, as village receives mandatory evacuation order
Nearly 700 residents of the Village of Beauval, in northwestern Saskatchewan, are leaving their community by charter bus or by car because of the threat of an encroaching wildfire.Fab Damodharan, who ...
Jul 03, 2025
Porcupine Plain group home residents pitch in to help wildfire evacuees
The Director of Saskatchewan First Nation Emergency Management said she was moved to tears after hearing group home residents from Porcupine Plain wanted to help the wildfire evacuees.Michelle Vandevo...
Jul 03, 2025
From ashes to action: NDP and SPSA address plans to rebuild fire-stricken communities
As the province deals with another uptick in wildfires, the opposition is calling on the government to adopt a coordinated plan to rebuild communities that have already been destroyed.In Prince Albert...
Jul 02, 2025
Hooked for free: Anglers get a no-licence weekend on Sask. waters
Good things come to those who bait and this time, they don't even need to pay for a licence.Saskatchewan's Free Fishing Weekend is back July 12 and 13. The Ministry of Environment said in a release is...
Jul 02, 2025
