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PRINCE ALBERT A wildfire that prompted the City of Prince Albert to declare a local state of emergency has crept closer to the city. The fire originated in a remote area about eight kilometres northeast of Highway 55 and Cloverdale Road. The state of emergency was declared late in the day on Monday. As of Tuesday afternoon, the fire had crossed the highway and was burning between the highway and the North Saskatchewan River. “About one o’clock in the morning the wind shifted and it blew embers across the highway so now it’s on the south side of Highway 55,” Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne told CTV News.
Our forestry sector is a key economic driver and will be a leader of Saskatchewan s post-pandemic recovery efforts, Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre said. Forestry is an important sector for many communities in Saskatchewan and supports thousands of jobs, while producing important products that we all use, including tissue paper, cabinetry, and housing construction materials. Forestry is currently northern Saskatchewan s largest sector, supporting nearly 8,000 jobs. There are seven major primary forest products facilities that produce lumber, OSB and pulp, and over 200 smaller businesses that supply a variety of primary and secondary forestry products. Hundreds of supply chain businesses also provide goods and services for forestry manufacturers, including in road construction, logging, trucking, reforestation and forest management.