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Officials have issued a mandatory evacuation order saying residents should be prepared to leave by 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Bulldozers were moving earth to create fire guards around the blaze. Trees and vegetation were being cleared around ...
The latest update from the Manitoba Wildfire Service indicates that conditions remain largely unchanged from recent days. Officials say the majority of the province remains at a high fire danger level ...
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (Nelson House) is asking the federal and provincial governments, and the Canadian Red Cross to help co-ordinate an evacuation involving more than 300 high-priority ...
As of last week, more than 911,000 hectares had burned in wildfires in Manitoba. More wildfires are expected this season amidst above-normal temperatures forecast for the rest of the summer.
The most recent update from the Manitoba government said there were 60 wildfires burning in the province, with 17 of them classified as out of control. The fire near Lynn Lake covered more than ...
Wildfires burning near Lynn Lake have damaged “critical hydro infrastructure,” the town confirmed in a social media post on Monday afternoon. Power remained on in the community, but “it cannot be ...
Manitoba's premier says his government could use emergency powers to free up hotel rooms for people who escaped the wildfires still raging in the province's north. Premier Wab Kinew told reporters ...
Monday was another soggy day in parts of Southern Manitoba. Thunderstorms rolled through the southeast, dropping trace amounts of rain in some areas, while Gardenton received 21 millimetres (mm) or ...
Manitoba's Natural Resources Minister Ian Bushie says recent rains have left some people "cautiously optimistic" that out-of-control wildfires will be snuffed out soon, but warns the height of this ...
STEINBACH — Manitoba RCMP say two planes have collided near the city of Steinbach, southeast of Winnipeg. Police did not provide any other details but say they're investigating. The crash happened in ...
WINNIPEG - Some wildfire evacuees staying at a shelter in northern Manitoba may be moved elsewhere as more communities return home and the government closes temporary evacuation centres.