A fundraising campaign for a Saskatchewan father and son severely injured while fighting a fire near Tompkins Oct. 17 far surpassed its goal in just one day. The Gofundme campaign for Ron and Evan Wedrick set a goal of $5,000. Within a day 497 contributors had pledged nearly $72,000. You can find that GoFundMe campaign […] Read more
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Several hundred head of livestock killed by wildfires
Assessments are still underway but Saskatchewan Agriculture is estimating at least several hundred head of livestock are dead as a result of the Oct. 17 fires. Grant Zalinko, executive director of the livestock branch, urged affected farmers and ranchers to contact the Farm Stress Line. “We’re receiving reports that approximately 400 animals have either perished […] Read more
Wind storm, wildfire aftermath in Alberta
Some evacuation orders remain in place at Coleman, Alta., where a wildfire continues to burn west of the Crowsnest Pass municipality and is still under a state of local emergency. Three other Alberta municipalities – Wheatland County, Medicine Hat and Acadia – ended their emergency declarations last night after high winds abated and wildfires had […] Read more
Volunteer firefighter, rancher dies fighting wildfire
James Hargrave, a 34-year-old rancher from Walsh, Alta., died yesterday while fighting the prairie wildfire near Hilda, Alta. Hargrave was a volunteer fire-fighter with the Walsh department and was killed when the water-tanker truck he was driving rolled on a grid road about 10 kilometres south of Burstall, Sask. RCMP say the accident occurred at […] Read more
Dry conditions in Sask. set grass, fence lines, combine ablaze
Feeding will begin much earlier at Six Mile Ranch this fall after fire swept through stockpiled winter grazing acreage last week. “We have lost about 11 miles of fence and about 2,800 acres of grass ourselves,” said Clayton Gibson of the Red Angus operation at Fir Mountain, Sask. “Neighbours have lost probably another 800 acres […] Read more
Fire damages ranches in southwestern Alberta
Damage has been reported to farms and ranches on the perimeter of Waterton Lakes National Park as a wildfire continues to burn in southwestern Alberta. Residents in the region east and north of the park were evacuated last night and the area under mandatory evacuation was expanded twice as the fire doubled in size, fed […] Read more
Sask. fire ban extended
Saskatchewan has extended its fire ban due to continuing extreme fire risk. A ban has been in place in some areas since Aug.1. As of Aug. 31, open fires are prohibited in all provincial parks and recreation sites and on all provincial Crown land south of the Churchill River all the way to the US […] Read more
Fire destroys large bale stack near Outlook, Sask.
More than 1,000 round hay bales were destroyed near Outlook, Sask., Friday afternoon after overheated hay combusted. The Outlook Fire Department responded to the call at the Ontario Dehy cube processing plant about 4:40 p.m. The Macrorie and Conquest fire departments also responded with pumpers and brush fire apparatus. Crews worked throughout the night, and […] Read more
Reporting fire doesn’t result in liability for costs
Hazel Morris wants to dispel a myth. The Neudorf, Sask., area resident is miffed that a couple of large fires on her pastureland last year could have been contained sooner had people called 911. Morris claims that the fires were made worse because people didn’t call the emergency number for fear of being held financially […] Read more
Producers numb after fire destroys grain elevator
The skyline of Turtleford, Sask., was quickly changed on a windless night after fire destroyed one of the village’s two remaining wooden grain elevators Nov. 29. The 144,000 bushel storage was built in 1990 and sold in 2002 to Blair and Sherry McDonald, who farm near Turtleford. Blair McDonald said red flags went up for […] Read more
