Wildfire crews battle relentless dry heat on prairie fronts
Friday, May 30, 2025, 9:21 am
Fire crews are grappling with dangerously hot and dry conditions while fighting prairie wildfires that have forced thousands to evacuate. With an unpredictable chance of rain on the horizon, the teams work tirelessly amid nature’s stubborn defiance, proving that Mother Nature always has the last laugh.
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The situation has been so severe that Manitoba, forced to call upon the Canadian Armed Forces this week, is now seeking international help
Officials with Saskatchewan Public Safety said Friday that more that 8,000 people from 16 communities have been forced to flee their homes because of wildfires.
Experts recommend staying indoors this weekend as the SPSA is warning of extreme smoke conditions across much of southern Saskatchewan.
The Deer Lake First Nation is planning a ‘complete community evacuation’ involving 1,300 people
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Sunny skies, warm temperatures and gusty winds have prevented Alberta firefighters from getting the upper hand on a number of out-of-control wildfires burning in the province.
Un incendie de forêt en Colombie-Britannique, qui a donné lieu à un ordre d’évacuation jeudi, a quadruplé de taille vendredi, alors que les pompiers se préparent à une intensification des conditions dans le nord-est plus sec de la province, où se concentre la majeure partie des incendies.
«Priez pour qu’il pleuve», a lancé le premier ministre alors que les autorités s’attendent à des conditions difficiles.
Just a skeleton crew of emergency personell and municipal officals remain in the northern Manitoba community of Flin Flon as a wildfire threatens to ravage the community.
Residents and cottagers are returning to an unrecognizable landscape in Lac du Bonnet, after a devastating wildfire tore through.
LIVE: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs update wildfire situation CP24
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says thousands more evacuees are expected and the city of Flin Flon is virtually deserted as wildfires continue to rage in his province.
Premier Wab Kinew, who declared a state of emergency earlier this week, will speak to media Friday at 2 p.m. from the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Fire chiefs across southern Alberta are increasingly concerned about the risk of wildfire due to the current dry conditions. This week, some municipalities in southern Alberta, including Foothills and Cyprus counties, have enacted fire restrictions, and some, including Lethbridge County and Vulcan…
Firefighters across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba face another day of challenging fire conditions. On Thursday, eight firefighters from Alberta needed help fleeing the flames.
CALGARY - Crews battling a fire in northern Alberta have lost radio contact and are taking shelter as a runaway wildfire inched closer to the community.
All 5,000 residents of the remote northwestern municipality were ordered out earlier this week
Air quality in some parts of the United States is being compromised as smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada travels south, pushed by winds high in the atmosphere. Air quality in Arrowhead, Minnesota, is deemed unhealthy for people and animals sensitive to pollution and other airborne particles,…
BC Wildfire Service says the blaze is now about 46 square kilometres in size, up from 11 square km on Thursday afternoon
"We are working on a plan to extract all eight personnel using NVIS (night vision), though earlier attempts were limited by heavy smoke"
DAWSON CREEK — A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia that prompted an evacuation order on Thursday has quadrupled in size. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that the blaze in the Peace River Regional District near the community of Kelly Lake is now about 46 square kilometres in size, up…
DAWSON CREEK - A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia that prompted an evacuation order on Thursday has quadrupled in size.
WINNIPEG - The mayor of Flin Flon, Man., says fierce, shifting winds are threatening to propel a nearby raging wildfire into the city and burn structures.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba have declared province-wide states of emergency to deal with the wildfires that, in Manitoba, has forced 17,000 residents to evacuate
Les équipes seront confrontées à des conditions chaudes et sèches, avec de rares risques de pluie, vendredi, alors qu’elles tentent de maîtriser les incendies de forêt qui ont forcé des milliers de personnes à quitter leur domicile, de l’Alberta au Manitoba.
The Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia has issued an evacuation order for properties threatened by an out-of-control wildfire.
Evacuees pour into the Cosmo Civic Centre in Saskatoon where the Canadian Red Cross has set up cots as a temporary shelter for evacuees.
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Flin Flon Mayor George Fontaine said the last remaining people in the community as of Friday will be fleeing before it's too late.
Crews will face hot, dry conditions with the odd chance of rain today as they try to put down wildfires that have forced thousands out of their homes from Alberta to Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have declared provincewide states of emergency to deal with the fires, most of which are…
Crews will face hot, dry conditions with the odd chance of rain today as they try to put down wildfires that have forced thousands out of their homes from Alberta to Manitoba.
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