Owner of Sask. restaurant destroyed in fire plans to restart [Video]

In the aftermath of a fire that destroyed Snow White Family Restaurant in Biggar Saskatchewan, a GoFundMe has been created to help the owner start over.

It’s been a fixture in the community since 1910, one of the first buildings to go up.

“It’s always been a restaurant,” said Jim Rickwood, mayor of Biggar. “It’s been a staple of Biggar’s mainstay of Main Street. When the CN came down at the end of the block in 1908, this was one of the first buildings. So, it’s a tragedy.”

Rickwood says fire crews responded at around 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 25 and quickly worked to limit the spread of the fire to neighbouring buildings. He says only minor smoke damage affected the grocery store on one side, but no damage was reported to the auto shop.

“They were quick, they were effective, they were efficient,” said Rickwood. “They were here most of the morning and watching for flare-ups. The fire investigator …