Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted on all but seven homes in the RM of Stuartburn.

Chief Administrative Officer Lucie Maynard says five homes in Lonesand region and two homes near the Emerson-Franklin border are the only ones that remain inaccessible due to floodwaters. All other RM residents, she notes, have some form of access to their homes... “albeit bumpy access”.

As the floodwaters now recede, Maynard says debris clean-up, and infrastructure restoration are Stuartburn’s top priorities.