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Tick season has been bad this year in Saskatchewan. Normally around July we see populations decline with the heat, but this year due to the cooler June and ample moisture it appears ticks will continue to be an issue through the summer.  While for the majority of tick bites in Saskatchewan will be nothing to worry about they do carry a risk of infection and tick born illness such as Lyme Disease. Saskatchewan only has a small population of the black legged deer tick that is known to carry Lyme disease.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was sickened by the shooting at former president Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania, as Canadian politicians condemned the attack.  

"It cannot be overstated — political violence is never acceptable," Trudeau said in a post on social media Saturday evening. 

"My thoughts are with former president Trump, those at the event, and all Americans."

Politicians denounced the attack in Butler, a city north of Pittsburgh. 

The Government of Saskatchewan held its first subsurface mineral public offering of the fiscal year on Monday, July 8, 2024, and generated $5,935,425.46 in revenue, driven by interest in lithium potential.

Of the 18 subsurface permits posted for this offering, 16 received acceptable bids covering a total of 39,650.88 hectares. The permits, which are prospective for lithium, are located mainly in southeast Saskatchewan.

As the heat rises so do the number of wildfires in the province. That number has jumped again to 73 as of this morning with 22 not contained. There have been 302 fires so far this year while 211 is the five-year average.

The Assembly of First Nations finalized a deal with Ottawa late Wednesday night that will see the federal government spend $47.8 billion to reform child welfare programs over the next 10 years.

AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak made the announcement on the final day of the AFN's annual general assembly in Montreal, just two days after she told chiefs there was an offer on the table but that she could not yet discuss it publicly.

Rory Stuart Anderson
February 20, 1961 – July 9, 2024

If you’re heading out to the lake this upcoming weekend with aspirations of catching fish, you can go without the fishing license thanks to Saskatchewan’s annual Free Fishing Weekend. Happening from July 13th and 14th, the provincial government encourages anyone, whether experienced or just starting, to head out and take advantage of the free weekend.  

s all of the province’s firefighting crews are actively engaged, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says there is no capacity to take on additional fires, hence the fire ban issued Thursday morning.

The ban is for open-pit fires on Crown lands and provincial parks, provincial recreation sites and the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. This includes fireworks. SPSA vice-president of operations Steve Roberts encourages other municipalities and communities to consider implementing fire bans, as well.

The heat was on in Saskatchewan yesterday, with several communities establishing new temperature records on Thursday.

Coronach reached 36.4 degrees, breaking a record set in 1968 of 36.1 degrees. 

Assiniboia's new record is 35.5 degrees, surpassing a mark that happened in 2021. 

Hudson Bay and Outlook broke some records, with both communities hitting the 34-degree mark. Outlook's previous high was 33.9 degrees set in 1925
while Hudson Bay's previous high of 33.5 degrees was set back in 2021.

Walter Arthur Block
July 11, 1934 – July 22, 2024