Largest evacuation in Sask. history
It’s still not safe for evacuees from northern Saskatchewan to return home after wildfires continue to threaten their communities.
Vern Studer’s daughter Darlene had to convince him to evacuate his La Ronge home. The 90-year-old has lived in La Ronge since the 1930s.
“I didn’t want to leave. If I’d been 20 years younger, I wouldn’t have left. They couldn’t get me out of there, I would have stayed there,” Studer said, adding he has never seen the wildfires this big before.
Darlene Studer, who is from Potato Lake, knew she had to get her father out when the evacuation notice was given.