UPDATE: SaskTel supporting those affected by wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan

June 3, 2025
Today, SaskTel announced that it will extend the supports announced yesterday to all customers living in any Northern community evacuated due to the wildfires.
“Our government is extending SaskTel’s wildfire supports to ensure families in all affected Northern communities can remain connected with their loved ones and support networks during this difficult time,” said Jeremy Harrison, Minister Responsible for SaskTel. “By waiving wireless data overage fees and crediting evacuated customers for their home services, we are helping to ease the burden on those impacted by these evacuations.”
These supports include waiving all wireless data overage fees and crediting customers for their SaskTel Internet, maxTV Stream, and Home Phone services. These offers are in effect from May 31st until June 16th, 2025.
As of 11:00 am today, these offers cover customers in the following communities.
Piprell Lake | Brabant Lake | Deschambault Lake | Ramsey Bay |
English Bay | Napatek | Narrow Hills Provincial Park | Lower Fishing Lake |
Timber Bay | Northern Hamlet of Timber Bay | Sikachu | Eagle Point |
East Trout Lake | Pelican Narrows | Creighton | Molanosa |
Clam Crossing | Lamp Lake | McIlvenna Bay | Whelan Bay |
Denare Beach | Nemeiben Lake | Air Ronge | Rabbit Creek |
Little Bear Lake | Birch Portage First Nation | Jan Lake | Sucker River |
Lac La Ronge | Potato Lake | Hall Lake | Sturgeon Weir |
Weyakwin | Wadin Bay | La Ronge |
If additional evacuations become necessary, the list of eligible communities will continue to expand. For the most up to date list of eligible communities, please visit www.sasktel.com/wildfires
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SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, with approximately $1.3 billion in annual revenue and nearly 1.4 million customer connections including more than 680,000 wireless accesses, 228,000 wireline network accesses, 293,000 internet and data accesses, 107,000 maxTV service subscribers, and 68,000 security monitoring customers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries offer a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 3,200 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Visit SaskTel at www.sasktel.com.
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