'He was trying to make a fire': Northern Sask. man found alive after snowmobile broke down in extreme cold
SASKATOON -- Searchers say they found a man in an abandoned cabin with symptoms of hypothermia over the weekend. George Venne Jr. was last seen leaving a cabin on Besnard Lake on a snowmobile at about 10 a.m. on Saturday. At the time, the temperature in La Ronge was -33 C, but felt like -44 with the wind chill. The Lac La Ronge Indian Band sent out two searches from Sucker River to look for him. After a two-and-a-half hour trip to the area, they went out on snowmobiles at about 5 p.m., starting from his last known location. “It doesn’t matter how good of a bush man you are, you’...
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