Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate Across Prairie Provinces
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 9:21 am
Manitoba and neighboring provinces are battling relentless wildfires that have forced thousands into evacuation. City officials are rapidly opening centers for evacuees while provincial leaders coordinate military-assisted flights, all amid escalating fire threats that have thrown communities into emergency mode.
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A Manitoba First Nation school put out a plea to families to send their children to class more regularly, citing “a decline in student attendance,” 24 hours before wildfires engulfed […]
Crippling wildfires in northern Manitoba have prompted a provincewide state of emergency. The fires have forced 17,000 people from their homes in remote communities and First Nations, including 6,000 in and around the city of Flin Flon.
Wildfires have forced more than 17,000 people from their homes in Manitoba. First Nations leaders say there were challenges in getting people out of some communities. (May 29, 2025)
More than 17,000 northern Manitobans scrambled to flee wildfires Wednesday night after Premier Wab Kinew declared a provincial state of emergency and ordered several communities to evacuate.
BRANDON — Five Brandon firefighters and two of the fire department’s officers have been summoned to help protect Lynn Lake, which has been evacuated owing to the wildfires burning around […]
The wildfire near Peers in Yellowhead County was first detected late Thursday afternoon and grew quickly, forcing residents to flee.
As the wildfire situation across Alberta continues to get worse, several counties in the southern part of the province announced Thursday that they are putting fire bans in place.
A Flin Flon nurse says she’s “disgusted” with the Northern Health Region after a frantic scramble to evacuate patients Wednesday as wildfires closed in on the town. “Every step of […]
On the afternoon of May 12, Larry and Leta Lee packed their grab-and-go bags and drove the 25 kilometres from their home, nestled in the boreal forest around Flanders Lake, to the junction with the sole gravel highway in and out of Manitoba’s Nopiming Provincial Park.
As dozens of wildfires rage across several provinces, including Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, it's never been more important for homeowners to be prepared.
Uncontrolled wildfires have forced more than 4,000 residents from their homes, mainly in Saskatchewan's northeast region.
In the span of one day, the sky in Flin Flon, Man., went from a clear summer blue to shrouded in smoke, with air tasting like an ashtray.
Premier Wab Kinew says Carney has agreed to send military flights tackle the large-scale exodus of people
Pendant qu’une partie du Manitoba brûle, des milliers de personnes se sont dirigés vers sa capitale, Winnipeg, pour y trouver refuge jeudi. Une évacuation qui pourrait se prolonger puisque les conditions météo des prochains jours ne permettront pas d’atténuer l’intensité des incendies de forêt qui…
The right combination of wind, heat and low humidity will lead Alberta Wildfire to sound the alarm bells
Risk of wildfire in regions west of Calgary rated from high to very high
Le premier ministre du Manitoba a déclaré mercredi l’état d’urgence, à l’instar de plusieurs Premières Nations.
Winnipeg a ouvert ses portes à des milliers de personnes évacuées fuyant les incendies de forêt dévastateurs qui ont déclenché l’état d’urgence au Manitoba.
There are currently 17 active wildfires in the province according to the SPSA. Saskatchewan has not yet declared a state of emergency.
Wildfires in Manitoba have forced 17,000 people from their homes in remote communities and First Nations, including 6,000 in and around the city of Flin Flon.
L’Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) déconseille la piétonnisation à l’année de la rue Wellington, dans l’arrondissement de Verdun, en raison du manque de consensus et de l’absence de données claires sur les conséquences d’un tel projet.
Chief David Monias of Pimicikamak Cree Nation says many people are now safe in Norway House, but a number of others are still waiting to flee a nearby wildfire.
Smoke on the horizon was the first sign of trouble. But for one camper at Pine Grove Resort at Saskatchewan’s East Trout Lake, it quickly turned into a terrifying wait.
Winnipeg's mayor says the city is ready to help evacuees from northern communities impacted by a rash of wildfires that led the province to declare a state of emergency Wednesday.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says 17,000 people have been evacuated from several communities and First Nations as he placed his entire province under a state of emergency late Wednesday over crippling wildfires, mainly in the remote north.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew spoke Wednesday to Mark Carney, who has agreed to send in the military to deploy evacuation flights to Winnipeg
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