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Teens shot in Winnipeg's St. James area, near hotels housing wildfire evacuees
Winnipeg police are investigating after two teens, age 16 and 18, were shot and injured in the city's St. James area on ...
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, ...
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 ...
Wildfire evacuees face new threats in Winnipeg, including drug dealers: grand chief
While evacuees flee the dangers of wildfires near their communities, many are now being forced to deal with a whole new set ...
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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 ...
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Republicans Decry Canada Wildfire Smoke After Passing “the Most Anti-Environment Bill”
A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days ...
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 ...
Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce ...
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Wildfire smoke challenges Canada’s food growers in complex and unexpected ways
Scattering sunlight, disrupting bees, damaging plant tissue - farmers can’t always offset the effects of smoky days ...
Wildfire fighter attacked by grizzly in remote Canada while fighting massive fire
A Canadian wildfire crew leader was scouting around the Summit Lake Fire in British Columbia when he stumbled upon a mother ...