WINNIPEG — The weather is providing some help to crews battling a large forest fire that has forced 3,700 people from their homes in northern Manitoba. The fire is still about one kilometre from the community and crews are working to keep it from advancing. Residents of Wasagamack and two other Indigenous communities left their homes starting Tuesday night, with most making their way to Winnipeg and Brandon. More than 1,000 cots were set up Thursday inside the Winnipeg Convention Centre and a second shelter has since opened at an indoor soccer complex. Kevin Hart, a regional chief with the Assembly of First Nations, has said having elders sleeping on cots in the crowded convention centre is simply unacceptable.

Source: National Post September 01, 2017 18:22 UTC