WINNIPEG — Smoke from a northern Manitoba wildfire has prompted officials with the Garden Hill First Nation to move another 1,500 people to Winnipeg. Small says the decision was made by the leadership of Garden Hill in consultation with the federal government. The evacuations will be done Saturday and Sunday by military Hercules transport aircraft as well as several smaller chartered planes. The Manitoba government tweeted Saturday that the fire near Wasagamack, St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill now covers 28,000 hectares and that rain overnight had little effect on the flames. Small says the earlier evacuees had more serious health issues, but the ones leaving now still have health concerns.

Source: National Post September 02, 2017 20:03 UTC