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New docu-series features northern Sask emergency responders
Creative Saskatchewan and Wavelength Entertainment, along with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), are celebrating the premiere of a new television docuseries Guardians of the North, which was filmed in the province.
The docuseries follows wildland firefighters in Saskatchewan’s Indigenous and northern communities while they protect the people, property, and resources of the north.
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The first of six episodes aired Tuesday March 7, at 10 p.m. CST on City TV Saskatchewan.
“Protecting the north requires several partners working hand-inhand to help mitigate, protect and respond when needed,” said Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Tell.
“Nobody can do it alone. We are grateful for the highly trained men and women who dedicate themselves to providing the best protection possible in our province.”
Guardians of the North features personnel from the SPSA, Muskoday First Nations Fire Department and Saskatchewan First Nations Emergency Management (FNEM) as they train for and battle wild- fires on the ground and from the air during the summer of 2022. The MCCAFE wildfire near Stanley Mission, which burnt more than 12,000 hectares, is featured in the show.
“It was an honour for us to embed with the brave men and women as they worked tirelessly battling fires in extreme conditions with the express goal of protecting the North,” said producer for Guardians of the North Chris Triffo.
“We are grateful to have collaborated with SPSA, SFNEM, Creative Saskatchewan and City TV on this exciting docuseries.”
CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 a pet peeve (play on words) as well as an unanswerable question. Why can I offer our cats a morsel of salmon, they sniff it with an air of revulsion, and look at me as though I’ve tried to poison them. Yet, five minutes later, I catch them busily gobbling up a clump of their own fur? What the heck!
Does that make any sense at all?
Furthermore, our dog, Chili, the same hound that chewed a hole in the drywall near her bed because she was bored, turned her nose up at a tidbit of leftover hamburger.
Yet, later that same day was found in the pasture contentedly gnawing on a lump of frozen horse poop. Answer that one, will you!
On this nasty note, I shall end. I’m sure you have questions of your own. Let me know if you know the answers to any of mine. Find Helen, more stories, and her books at helentoews.com.
