Overview
- Daily support has been raised to $40 for household heads and $20 for each additional member, lifting the maximum aid to $200 per registered evacuee household.
- Officials report 24 active wildfires across the province and mandatory evacuations in 33 communities have forced between 10,000 and 15,000 people from their homes.
- The Saskatchewan government has allocated $15 million to the Canadian Red Cross to provide emergency accommodations and personal services for displaced residents.
- Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency officers say some fires have stalled at natural barriers such as lakes and no new lightning-caused blazes have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
- Environment Canada forecasts that a low-pressure system moving through the Prairies will bring precipitation through Monday to help contain the ongoing wildfires.