While an air quality statement remains in effect for the Hudson Bay and Porcupine Plain area of Saskatchewan, due to improved conditions resulting from the snow and rain that has blanked east and central parts of the province, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is lifting the fire ban for all provincial Crown lands.

This also applies to provincial parks located within the fire ban area.

Effective immediately the fire ban is lifted in most areas of east central Saskatchewan. The fire ban included any open fires, controlled burns and fireworks. This does not include fire bans that parks municipalities or rural municipalities may have put in place.

Areas where the provincial fire ban has ended include:

South of Highway #106 from the Manitoba border to Highway #55;
South of Highway #55 from Highway #106 to Prince Albert;
East of Highway #2 from Prince Albert to Highway #5; and
North of Highway #5 to the Manitoba border.
The ban had also included all land within 4.5 km of the provincial forest boundary.