Provincial News

REGINA — About 7,000 people in and around La Ronge, Sask., will be allowed to return home on Thursday after the lifting of a wildfire evacuation order, the director of the local emergency operation centre said Tuesday.

SaskTel delivers ultra-fast infiNET network.

"We are doing everything humanly possible" to answer calls within 24 hours, said SPSA President Marlo Pritchard of the 855 line.

Cumberland MLA Jordan McPhail, House Leader Nicole Sarauer blast provincial response.

Provincial ombudsman Sharon Pratchler calls on government of Saskatchewan to respond to evacuees

Canada is expected to see a warmer-than-usual summer with uncertain precipitation levels in most provinces, based on Environment and Climate Change Canada's summer forecast.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's liquor board says it will start buying and distributing American booze to retailers, months after Premier Scott Moe announced it would stop doing so.

Evacuees and MLA Jordan McPhail, the Opposition's shadow minister for Northern Affairs and Forestry, at a media event on Monday outside the Saskatchewan cabinet office in Saskatoon

The SHA is providing mental health and wellness support to wildfire evacuees across Saskatchewan as the crisis continues.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba urged tourists Monday to hit pause on visiting the province for now as it fights to find shelter for a growing legion of wildfire evacuees that has now reached 21,000.