Uranium City: No hospital, no RCMP, few people around for miles

As part of this week’s tour of the Gunnar Mine site in northern Saskatchewan, reporters were given a glimpse into what life was like in Uranium City back in the day.

The community was a hub of activity when the mines were in operation, but in 2019, it’s not far from ghost town status.

The general store in Uranium City is one of the few places that has not been boarded up.

Not far from the centre of the community, large, two story family homes that were built around the high school have been left behind to fall into disrepair.

The high school itself is covered in spray paint, the windows have been smashed.Weeds and trees have overtaken the front steps.

It’s too dangerous to go inside. But it’s probably best not to risk it anyway.

The hospital in Uranium City shut down in 2003.

Once busy motels have been left behind.

Many of these places have been sitting empty since 1982 when the mines shut down and the local economy collapsed.

In its hay day, roughly 5000 people called Uranium city home.

Today, the population has been reduced to about 50.