Community mourns loss of Lac du Bonnet-area couple killed by wildfire

LAC DU BONNET — A husband and wife who died in a wildfire near Lac du Bonnet were staples in the tight-knit community, their loved ones say.

Friends and neighbours identified the victims as Sue and Rich Nowell.

“They were the best,” Dorothy Gresham, a next-door neighbour of the Nowells, told the Free Press. “I could have asked them to do anything and they’d be there in a minute.” ---More...

2 deceased, dozens injured and hundreds of lives forever changed.

Lac Du Bonet is a community much of my family is from/grew up in.

The stories I’m hearing from friends and family today are absolutely gut wrenching… pic.twitter.com/Rct5BoK5Xw

— Jasmin Laine ???????? (@JasminLaine_)May 16, 2025