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MONTREAL — The rain that has been falling in northern Quebec since Monday likely won't be enough to extinguish the wildfires threatening several communities, but the wet weather could give firefighters a chance to get ahead of the flames, officials s

Hundreds from a northwestern Manitoba town are displaced due to an encroaching wildfire that could threaten access to power. Read more.

With a wildfire inching closer to their community, an evacuation order has been issued in Leaf Rapids.

A wildfire burning near the northern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids has prompted municipal officials to start organizing a community evacuation to Thompson.

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Dawn Halcrow has two boats fuelled and ready if the roads out of her northern Manitoba lodge become engulfed in smoke and flames from an approaching wildfire.

A Manitoba town has declared a local state of emergency as a forest fire burns close to the community.

LEAF RAPIDS, Man. - A town in northwestern Manitoba has had to evacuate due to an encroaching wildfire that could threaten access to power.

The blaze in Leaf Rapids, Man., has been out of control for over two weeks and is more than 10,500 hectares in size, according to the province’s fire map.

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