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Sask. volunteer firefighter who set hay bales on fire 30 times awaits sentencing
A Saskatchewan judge is scheduled to give his sentencing decision next month in the case of a volunteer firefighter who repeatedly set hay bales on fire.
'Beyond devastating': Residents of Denare Beach, Sask., start returning home
Alannah Skot's home was among the 218 permanent residences destroyed by wildfire in Denare Beach three weeks ago. But the lodge she owns, the Overland Resort, survived.
Mother fasting as she demands search of Regina landfill for daughter's remains
Michele Bear is fasting and says she will stay at the Regina landfill, which she believes holds the remains of her daughter, "as long as it takes." Clayton Bo Eichler pled guilty in 2016 to murdering Richele Bear in 2013, but her body has never been found.
Still waiting: Handful of Sask. communities remain under evacuation orders
Wildfires no longer pose an immediate threat to the Saskatchewan communities of Creighton and Denare Beach, but residents are still under an evacuation order. Creighton's mayor says that will stay in place until health-care services restart in nearby Flin Flon, Man.
Youth pleads guilty in man's death by gunshot to the head in Regina
A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Gregory Severight, who died on Dec. 21, 2023, after he was found injured outside a house on the 1300 block of Retallack Street. The youth is now serving a three-year intensive rehabilitative custody and supervision sentence, on top of the year he already spent in jail.
What's at the heart of Sask.'s early wildfire season? Humans, in more ways than one
Four in five wildfires in Saskatchewan this year have been caused by humans, the vast majority of them accidentally. But experts say part of the reason they've spread so far, so fast, is another human factor: climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels.
Appeal court upholds Regina mother's acquittal on charges in son's death
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has dismissed the Crown's appeal in the case of Chelsea Whitby, who was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the 2020 death of her 18-month-old son.
Lawsuit accuses province of failing to protect Saskatchewan River delta, violating treaty obligations
Cumberland House Cree Nation says the provincial government is not protecting the Saskatchewan River system, and now it's time to take the province to court.
Why hasn't Sask. called for military help? The province says it needs wildfire expertise
Despite facing one of its earliest, most aggressive fire seasons, Saskatchewan has not asked the federal government for the military's help. Why not? Provincial officials say the military doesn't have the support the province needs.
Sask. wildfires have already burned 900K hectares of forest so far this year: SPSA
New fires are starting daily and massive fires near La Ronge, Narrow Hills continue to burn out of control.