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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 ...
Stretch of rainy, cooler days may end in parts of Manitoba fighting wildfires
With recent cooler weather — accompanied by rain in some areas — there was no word of additional evacuations as of Tuesday ...
Wildfires force evacuation of around 12,000 people from areas of Manitoba
Wildfires continue to threaten communities throughout Manitoba, with some regions under a state of emergency and an air ...
Manitoba prepared to house thousands more wildfire evacuees if needed, official says
While recent rain has helped crews as they battle wildfires across Manitoba, provincial officials say they’re prepared to ...
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 ...
Wildfire smoke prompts air-quality warnings for much of Central Canada and Manitoba
Western winds have pushed smoke plumes from Prairie wildfires toward Quebec and Ontario, including Toronto and the GTA ...
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Manitoba fire situation largely unchanged from Monday
The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says the province remains at a moderate to high fire danger level, with small pockets of ...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires prompts air-quality alert across Chicago
The Chicago area recorded ozone levels of 156 late Monday afternoon. Levels above 100 are considered unhealthy. Residents ...
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More help coming to battle Manitoba's worst wildfire season in 30 years
The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says our province remains at a moderate to high fire danger level. Human activity, ...
Manitoba wildfires prompt second declaration of provincewide state of emergency
Wildfires have burned through more than a million hectares of forest in Manitoba this year, prompting Premier Wab Kinew to ...
Manitoba researchers look at potential impact of wildfires on polar bear denning habitat
Some Manitoba researchers are looking into the potential impact and overlap of wildfires with polar bear denning habitat.
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Military says over 1,000 people flown from fire-threatened Manitoba community
The military began removing people from Garden Hill First Nation on Friday, and it said that as of Sunday afternoon, over 1,550 have been flown to Winnipeg.