Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Steve Lambert
Publication Date: June 9, 2025 - 15:41
Manitoba urges tourists to stay away as it seeks shelter for evacuees
June 9, 2025
Manitoba is urging tourists to reconsider visiting as it works to find shelter for a flood of wildfire evacuees now reaching 21,000.“This is one of the largest evacuations in our province’s history,” Lisa Naylor, the Manitoba cabinet minister in charge of emergency management, said Monday.
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Workers at Queen’s Park removed wooden boards on Wednesday morning that have surrounded a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald since 2020, when Black Lives Matter protesters covered it with pink paint. The decision by the Board of Internal Economy, the Ontario legislative committee that voted to uncover the statue, has stoked tensions with First Nations and debate over the legacy of the first Canadian prime minister. Macdonald played a key role in creating Canada’s residential school system.
June 11, 2025 - 21:50 | Sophia Coppolino | The Globe and Mail
Nearly half of the people forced from their homes by wildfires in Saskatchewan will be allowed to return later this week with conditions slightly improving in the province, but thousands remain displaced across large parts of Canada.Premier Scott Moe said around 7,000 people in the north-central Saskatchewan region around Lac La Ronge will see evacuation orders lifted Thursday. Still, he cautioned, his government is maintaining a provincewide state of emergency until further notice.
June 11, 2025 - 21:28 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
Dew is concerned that with IH CEO Susan Brown set to retire in December, a quick resolution to the crisis may not be possible.
June 11, 2025 - 20:51 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
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