Thousands of people have had to evacuate their homes in Saskatchewan due to ongoing wildfires, and over 130 of them are staying at Batoche.

Beverly Roberts evacuated La Ronge with her family and they found themselves in Watrous before going to Batoche.

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The Pisew Fire, which has caused significant damage in the La Ronge area, is still not contained, and was 159,485 hectares (394,096 acres or around seven times the size of the city of Saskatoon) on Saturday.

“(That’s) where my sister-in-law lives and my maid of honour lives there as well,” Roberts said. “They opened the

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