John Cairns

3 days ago | 620ckrm.com | John Cairns

REGINA – SaskToday has reached out to RCMP National Headquarters for any confirmation or details on whether Rhonda Blackmore is out as commanding officer of RCMP F Division. News of Blackmore’s departure circulated today in a message to employees that has been made public on social media. “It is with great disappointment I am writing today to advise you that as of this morning, Tuesday, June 3rd, I have been removed as the Commanding Officer ‘F’ Division,” Blackmore stated.

3 days ago | 620ckrm.com | John Cairns

The communities in the La Ronge area are now a prime concern as the wildfire situation continues to bear down on northern Saskatchewan. At their daily briefing Tuesday, officials with Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency were reporting damage in the La Ronge area to the airport and including to their own dispatch base. There are also widespread reports of power outages as well as cell and phone outages, and also some structure losses in the North including in Denare Beach.

4 days ago | castanet.net | Alessia Passafiume |Brittany Hobson |Bill Graveland |John Cairns

The new Crown-Indigenous relations minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure — but that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to fast-track what it calls "nation-building" projects. The federal government is developing legislation to speed up work on certain projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Impact Assessment Act.

4 days ago | castanet.net | Brittany Hobson |Bill Graveland |John Cairns |Kyle Duggan

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says the northern town of La Ronge has ordered an evacuation due to a wildfire that has breached the airport. It says the fire is fast moving and that people in the town, as well as anyone within 20 kilometres, including nearby Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, must leave immediately.

4 days ago | castanet.net | Bill Graveland |John Cairns |Kyle Duggan |Jeremy Simes

Law enforcement officials overseeing security at the upcoming G7 leaders summit in Alberta are expecting large protests but plan to make sure they stay peaceful. That includes livestreaming some of the sites to Kananaskis, where leaders from Canada, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy and the European Union will meet from June 15 to 17.