SASKATOON Multiple fire crews have been working to contain a wildfire that broke out Saturday evening about 13 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said a lightning strike started the fire along Pulp Haul Road around 5 p.m. SPSA said it responded with a medium helicopter with bucket, two initial attack crews, a wildland truck, two Convair 580 air tankers carrying retardant and a birddog aircraft with an air attack officer. Buckland Fire and Rescue also responded with 12 firefighters and supplied tanker trucks. On Sunday, fire crews from SPSA, Beardy’s Okemasis First Nation and Wahpeton First Nation continued working to put out the blaze.
The combination of high winds, freezing rain and snow Wednesday and early Thursday morning had many people across the province questioning what they did to put Mother Nature in such a foul mood.
Despite warnings to stay off the icy roads, some drivers still attempted the near impossible feat only to regret it later. Danny Goodwin, owner of Gateway North Towing, spoke with
paNOW around 9:30 a.m.Thursday and by then he received nearly 40 calls over the past 12 hours. He explained the adverse weather conditions make his job very challenging.
“You know when the highways are coated in an inch of ice and there’s somebody in the ditch with a heavy vehicle, as soon as you hook the cables on and start winching there’s no traction. The tow truck wants to get pulled into the ditch with the vehicle,” he said.
Melfort, SK, Canada / CJVR Today s Best Country
Jan 7, 2021 5:00 PM
The organization that represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan is calling on all school boards and divisions across the country to participate in a Ribbon Skirt Day challenge, as a means to help bring awareness to the important teachings and meanings behind the First Nations tradition of making and wearing ribbon skirts.
The challenge from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Executive, comes after news a 10-year-old girl in Kamsack was told by school staff member the handmade skirt she was wearing, did not fit in with the formal day standards and that it should have compared with another child’s clothing. The Good Spirit School Division has since apologized, and promised to review the incident.