Wildfires force upwards of 30,000 people to flee in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

After fleeing the rapidly spreading wildfires abutting her north-central Saskatchewan community, Sandra Thompson found shelter hundreds of kilometres away from the shores of Lac La Ronge at a friend’s apartment in Saskatoon this week.As she closed her eyes in bed, however, what came was not sleep. It was exhaustion and deepening anxiety. All she could think about was home – what little of it may remain, and when or if she would be able to go back there again.