‘Left to burn’: Saskatchewan family calls for answers after East Trout Lake wildfire
A Saskatchewan family is demanding accountability after the Shoe fire destroyed their East Trout Lake Cabin, along with decades of memories and the ashes of their loved ones.
Nic and Doug Swiderski said their warnings to provincial officials were dismissed. Days later, the fire tore through their community, levelling homes and cabins, including the one their family had built and lived in for generations.
“My grandfather built that cabin in 1989 with his bare hands,” Nic said at a press conference hosted by the NDP. “After he passed, we placed his and my grandmother’s ashes inside. Now they’re gone too.”
Doug, Nic’s father, had planned to retire there next year.