By Adriana Christianson

Some evacuees leaving Regina for Saskatoon — or home

Jul 15, 2015 | 1:19 PM

Those living at Regina’s Evraz Place after being evacuated from their communities in northern Saskatchewan are moving.

Some are able to return home. Those living in Pinehouse have had their evacuation order lifted. About 157 from the community have been staying in Regina, another 100 in Saskatoon and in Prince Albert, there are about 50.

Tamara and Amy Lariviere, sisters from Pinehouse, are eager to sleep in their own beds again after spending two weeks in Regina.

“I miss home, of course I do. I miss everything in it. I miss our beds, our privacy,” said Tamara.

They’ve been sleeping on cots in a room where children and babies are up late in the dark.

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There are approximately 157 Pinehouse evacuees in Regina, 100 in Saskatoon and 50 in Prince Albert that will go home on Wednesday. There are also evacuees using their personal cars that will return home.

Others whose communities are still under an evacuation order are moving to Saskatoon’s Henk Ruys and Sasktel soccer centres.

Buses picked them up in Regina on Wednesday morning to transport them up Highway 11. About 200 people from Regina will join those already staying in those centres.

In a release Tuesday evening, the province said it is closing the evacuation centre at Evraz Place. The province says it is seeing declining evacuee numbers which suggests evacuated families are starting to return north.

Meanwhile, evacuees staying at the University of Regina won’t be leaving the Queen City quite yet.

As of Tuesday morning, there were 1,253 evacuees receiving services in Regina.

This story is developing…

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by Adriana Christianson

Some evacuees leaving Regina for Saskatoon — or home

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