Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Temur Durrani
Publication Date: July 10, 2025 - 13:57
Manitoba wildfires prompt second declaration of province-wide state of emergency
July 10, 2025
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is declaring a second province-wide state of emergency because of raging wildfires, calling on the military to help once again with thousands of evacuations in some of the more remote regions. The province, which was under a state of emergency until late last month, announced another declaration Thursday. With nearly 100 fires burning in Manitoba, mostly in the north, the federal government is sending the Canadian Armed Forces to fly residents from several communities toward safer areas.
Unpublished Newswire
The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate, a new report from a research centre at McGill University argues. The report says other public media around the world are incorporating national emergency preparedness and crisis response into their role, and recommends that aspect of the CBC’s mandate be formalized and strengthened.
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July 16, 2025 - 11:02 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
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