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The Canadian province of Manitoba on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over fast-growing wildfires. Saskatchewan followed suit on Thursday, and Alberta is shutting down some of its oil production facilities.
Emergency officials urged thousands of local residents to evacuate as the fires spread through central and west Canada. At least 17,000 evacuation notices have been issued, rivaling the 25,000 evacuations during the massive Red River Valley flood of 1997. The communities of Flin Flon and Cross Lake were told to evacuate, along with the Cree Nation communities of Pimicikamak and Pukatawagan. The evacuees will be sheltered at community centers and arenas in Winnipeg. Kinew said he requested, and received, assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces, which is contributing aircraft to the evacuation effort. “The premier and I are in close contact, and the federal government stands ready to assist Manibota’s provincial wildfire teams,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said.on Friday the situation in his town was desperate, as himself and the last few remaining evacuation holdouts were told to flee before the wind turned against them. “We’ve seen devastation across the country in different communities where this has happened, and there’s a very, very high potential that it’s going to happen here,” Fontaine said. “The prognosis that we’re hearing is that the winds are going to change and turn that fire back towards our community, and it could be very catastrophic if that happens. It’s got a straight path into here,” he said. Fontaine said there was no way to hold the fire at bay because there is “no equipment left.” Emergency officials said the leading edge of the wildfires was less than a quarter of a mile from the edge of Flin Flon as of Friday morning.in Alberta province, forcing temporary shutdowns of oil and gas production facilities. Some small communities in Alberta have been evacuated, while others were placed on one-hour evacuation notices.“The conditions that our northern residents, communities and wildland firefighters are facing today are as severe or quite likely unlike anything we have faced in quite some time, if not ever,” said Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.across the border into the U.S. Northern Plains and Midwest on Friday, prompting the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota to issue air quality alerts. The alerts in Wisconsin and Michigan are scheduled to last through Saturday, while the one in Minnesota will remain in effect through Monday.Federal Judge Extends Order Blocking Trump Administration Ban on Foreign Students at HarvardDOJ: Trump Hating Govt Worker Tried to Share Classified Info with SpiesDonald Trump Gifts Elon Musk Key to White House in Send-Off PresserPoll: Over 30 Percent of Democrat Voters Support Pete Buttigieg as 2028 Presidential Candidate Trump Issues Fiery Truth Social Post After Judges Block Tariffs, Takes Aim at Conservative Legal AdvisersMichael Savage: Joel Pollak of Breitbart News ‘Most Reliable Source’ on South Africa Miranda Sleeps with Virgin Nun Played by Rosie O’Donnell in ‘Sex and the City’ Spinoff ‘And Just Like That…’VIDEO: Michelle Obama Downplays Role of Women’s Reproductive System: ‘The Least of What It Does Is Produce Life’
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