Unable to 'sit by and do nothing,' Saskatchewan woman rallies to support wildfire evacuees
The village along Highway 55 in northeast Saskatchewan is currently about 25 kilometres south of the largest wildfire raging in the province. This exceptionally fertile and picturesque region is where agricultural fields give way to dense boreal forest. The forest floor is dry, temperatures hot and the wind heavy. Ideal conditions for the spread of forest fires.
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