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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Triggers More Air Quality Alerts in Canada and U.S.
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air ...
Vast Wildfires Force Manitoba to Declare Second Emergency This Year
The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes roared on Friday across the central ...
Officials give update on Manitoba's wildfire situation as out-of-control blazes continue to rage
Officials are giving an update on Manitoba's wildfire situation Thursday afternoon, as the province continues to cope with ...
Manitoba says close to 13,000 out in renewed round of wildfire evacuations
The Manitoba government says close to 13,000 people are out of their homes due to wildfires, but hundreds are finding space ...
St. Marys’ Gillian Martinez returns home after helping displaced residents during Manitoba wildfires
As wildfires continue to force the evacuation of residents of northern, eastern and western Manitoba to southern cities like ...
Manitoba prepared to house thousands more wildfire evacuees if needed, official says
While recent rain has helped crews as they battle wildfires across Manitoba, provincial officials say they’re prepared to ...
Manitoba wildfires picking back up with dry weather, officials say
Manitoba officials say wildfires are picking up again in the province after a brief reprieve thanks to some wet weather.
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Wildfire smoke challenges Canada’s food growers in complex and unexpected ways
Scattering sunlight, disrupting bees, damaging plant tissue - farmers can’t always offset the effects of smoky days ...
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Air quality alerts issued for much of Central Canada, Manitoba amid wildfire smoke
The weather agency has issued a special air quality statement for much of Manitoba, noting that air quality and visibility due to wildfire smoke can fluctuate over short distances.
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From scattered sunlight to dozy bees, smoky days challenge Canada's food growers
The haze can reflect and interfere with sunlight, which could disrupt photosynthesis. How that affects yields depends on the ...
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Carney to discuss Canada’s ongoing wildfires with Incident Response Group
More than 6,000 people are currently out of their homes in Manitoba, and the communities of Lynn Lake and Snow Lake ordered residents to flee for the second time in just weeks.