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  • Shelter shortage sends Manitoba wildfire evacuees across provinces
    Volunteers working with thousands of Manitobans forced from their homes owing to encroaching wildfires are scrambling to find accommodations for evacuees, with some leaving the province for the first time to shelter as far away as Niagara Falls, Ont.First Nations leaders say that lodging is severely limited in Winnipeg, leaving those without other options to sleep on cots in converted arenas and stadiums – inadequate arrangements for elders and those with serious medical conditions.
     

Shelter shortage sends Manitoba wildfire evacuees across provinces

1 juin 2025 à 21:35
A water bomber aircraft battles a wildfire in southeast Manitoba on Saturday as wildfires continued to threaten nearby communities.Wildfires continue to burn in southeast Manitoba on Saturday.A satellite image shows the Shoe Fire near Little Bear Lake, Sask., on Saturday.A dense cloud of wildfire smoke billows over Highway 97, north of Buckinghorse River, B.C. on Friday.Wildfire smoke is seen from a vehicle on Highway 97, north of Buckinghorse River, B.C. on Friday.A temporary emergency centre in Winnipeg, Man., on Friday, where many from the Flin Flon area have fled wildfires.A man walks his dogs along Highway 97 under a sky filled with wildfire smoke near Buckinghorse River, B.C. on Friday.Wildfire smoke is seen on Highway 97 north of Buckinghorse River, B.C. on Friday.A helicopter flies through wildfire smoke over Highway 97, north of Buckinghorse River, B.C. on Friday.Smoke rises from the Sousa Creek wildfire HWF036 east of Rainbow Lake, Alta., on Thursday.Canadian Armed Forces personnel assist in the evacuation of locals from the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Cross Lake, Man., on Thursday.The Hubert Lake wildfire WWF023 forced the evacuation of the Hubert Lake Provincial Park area west of Fawcett, Alta. on Thursday.Wildfires rage on in Wanless, northern Manitoba, on Thursday.Smoke rises from the wildfire G90216 north of Fort Nelson, B.C., on Wednesday.

Volunteers working with thousands of Manitobans forced from their homes owing to encroaching wildfires are scrambling to find accommodations for evacuees, with some leaving the province for the first time to shelter as far away as Niagara Falls, Ont.

First Nations leaders say that lodging is severely limited in Winnipeg, leaving those without other options to sleep on cots in converted arenas and stadiums – inadequate arrangements for elders and those with serious medical conditions.

© David Lipnowski

A reception centre for evacuees of the wildfires in northern Manitoba is being staffed by provincial Emergency Social Services, and the Canadian Red Cross at the Billy Mosienko Arena in Winnipeg, Thursday, May 29, 2025 THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
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