Darlene Nukik doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 want to look at any photos of the fires in the Northwest Territories, knowing her mother and stepfather are caught in an extreme situation SA国际影视传媒� but she has to look to see the updates, and sheSA国际影视传媒檚 been raising all the money she can to get them out of Yellowknife and bring them back to Baker Lake.
Marjorie Sibbald, originally from Baker Lake, and common-law partner Frank Landry had been living in Fort Smith for years before this summerSA国际影视传媒檚 fire upended all of that.
The two SA国际影视传媒� 67 and 69 SA国际影视传媒� were forced to evacuate Aug. 12 and left to Hay River by bus. Once they made it there, Sibbald had to be hospitalized due to coughing and high blood pressure, but thankfully she was discharged the next day to the community centre.
Their journey didnSA国际影视传媒檛 end there, as the two were then evacuated from Hay River and flown to Yellowknife Aug. 14, where they are now waiting on pins and needles for what comes next.
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Eventually, they were put in a hotel and have until the 21st to stay there. Now family in Baker Lake have been fundraising to get them home as soon as possible.
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SheSA国际影视传媒檚 reaching out to any organizations she can for financial support to get them away from the wildfires.
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Her family frantically fundraised to cover the airfare from Yellowknife to Rankin Inlet, and thankfully they also collected enough points to bring them from Rankin Inlet to Baker Lake.
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Her parents are due to fly to Rankin on Friday.
