Nipawin’s “Hug Day” raises $5,000 for special bursary
Upwards of 500 people showed up at Nipawin’s Central Park Saturday to say thank-you.
A barbecue was organized to give the community a way to say thank you to the first responders who responded to the April 6 bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Emergency responders from Carrot River, Zenon Park, Tisdale, Melfort and Nipawin were all invited to attend.
Barry Thompson, an Intermediate Care Paramedic with Northeast EMS, said he was very impressed with the way the communities came together to support one another.
“It’s always good to see a smiling face after something like this and that will be a good memory to kind of put between the event and today,” he said.