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The Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to send up to 1,400 personnel, including a firefighting force and integral logistics support, to help fight fires in Saskatchewan.

Shellbrook RCMP are requesting the public assistance in locating a missing 21-year-old female. Samantha Bird was last seen at her care home at 4 p.m. on July 4. Bird has ties to Prince Albert and Montreal Lake and could be in those areas.

Out of an abundance of caution and due to increased fire activity in the area and the potential risk this presents to the community, starting immediately a general evacuation of residents has been ordered for the Town of La Ronge, the Village of Air

RCMP Daily Report

SaskPower is warning customers of a potential scam in which people are being threatened with having their power cut off.

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RCMP Daily Report

Since January, The Lighthouse has been operating an emergency homeless shelter in North Battleford. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

North Battleford continues to house evacuees as emergency personnel in the province strive to get a handle on the ongoing wildfire situation in the north.

Minister Gordon Wyant was in town on June 25 to talk about infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3) during the Humboldt & District Chamber of Commerce luncheon.