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Thompson mayor urges unregistered wildfire evacuees to stay away as city faces possible evacuation
Thompson’s mayor is urging wildfire evacuees who aren’t registered to stay in the northern Manitoba city not to show up there ...
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Saskatchewan, Manitoba face more air quality warnings from wildfire smoke
There were 118 active wildfires burning across Manitoba as of Thursday, with Saskatchewan reporting 48 active wildfires as ...
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More wildfires ignite in Manitoba, with most of province experiencing high fire danger
The number of active wildfires has grown by four since yesterday in Manitoba. The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says there ...
More than 700 Manitoba wildfire evacuees housed in hotels this week, province says
Hundreds more Manitoba wildfire evacuees have been moved to hotel rooms as 10 more hotels have made rooms available to people ...
Vast Wildfires Force Manitoba to Declare Second Emergency This Year
The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes roared on Friday across the central ...
Manitoba wildfires picking back up with dry weather, officials say
Kristin Hayward, assistant deputy minister, Conservation Officer Service and Manitoba Wildfire Service, and Christine Stevens, assistant deputy minister, Manitoba Emergency Management Organization, ...
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Manitoba says close to 13,000 out in renewed round of wildfire evacuations
Close to 13,000 people in Manitoba were out of their homes Thursday due to wildfires, but hundreds were finding space in ...
1 in 10 Manitoba wildfire evacuees waiting in shelters as some Winnipeg hotels say rooms sitting empty
About one in 10 of all Manitoba wildfire evacuees remain in group shelters, sleeping on cots, as they await a move into more ...
Manitoba needs more fire rangers to keep communities safe from future risks, chief says
More firefighters will be needed in fire seasons to come, says a grand chief in northern Manitoba — but with our province's ...
Wildfire threat grows across Manitoba as evacuations continue
Manitoba remains under a provincial state of emergency as wildfire activity intensifies across the province. The Manitoba Wildfire Service reports high to very high fire danger levels in most regions, ...