Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Temur Durrani, Matthew Konhauser, Mike Hager
Publication Date: May 30, 2025 - 21:36
Wildfires force thousands to flee homes in Western Canada
May 30, 2025

Wildfires across Western Canada have forced thousands of people from their homes, as dry, warm and windy temperatures intensified new flares Friday, causing Manitoba to ask for international help. Manitoba and Saskatchewan are under provincewide states of emergency for the next month, while evacuations have also been ordered in large parts of Alberta and British Columbia.
Police say they responded to a call late Monday morning to find a woman dead in her apartment.
June 2, 2025 - 22:23 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Kennedy Forberg stood in the sun in downtown Edmonton on Monday afternoon, a gigantic image of the Stanley Cup glimmering tantalizingly on the screens above. Her son’s stroller was piled high with new shirts from the Oilers store.Around her, the outdoor fan park known to locals as “the Moss Pit” was already coming to life, with barricades and porta-potties and first-aid booths being set up. City buses flashed words of support as they passed.
June 2, 2025 - 22:16 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
Rain and cooler temperatures on the Prairies offered little to no respite from multiple wildfires burning in the region, as provinces opened thousands of hotel rooms for evacuees from Western Canada.More than 190 wildfires were active across the country Monday, with 97 deemed out of control. Hazardous smoke and thick fumes reached beyond the Canadian border, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which issued air-quality warnings from Minnesota to Florida.
June 2, 2025 - 21:31 | Temur Durrani, Matthew Konhauser | The Globe and Mail
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