Airport ordered closed as fire approaches Cameco mine

Cameco Corp. is taking precautions in the face of a large wildfire burning near one of its uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan, smoke from which forced the facility’s airport to close.
Carey Hyndman, a spokeswoman for the Saskatoon-based miner, said lightning strikes kindled the fire Monday evening, and the 10-kilometre face is about two kilometres from the McArthur River mine.
Earlier this week, Nav Canada published a “notice to airmen” ordering all aircraft to steer at lea