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Rain, cooler temperatures provide relief in Prairie wildfires, more evacuees go home

Rain, cooler temperatures provide relief in Prairie wildfires, more evacuees go home

WINNIPEG — Rain and cooler temperatures brought relief to fire-ravaged Manitoba and Saskatchewan Monday, allowing fire bans to be reduced and more evacuees to go home.
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Hudbay Snow Lake mining operations resume after Manitoba wildfire evacuations

Hudbay Snow Lake mining operations resume after Manitoba wildfire evacuations

TORONTO — Hudbay Minerals says it has restarted its Snow Lake operations in northwestern Manitoba after authorities lifted wildfire evacuation orders for the area.
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Winnipeg police say 10-hour standoff with armed man under bridge ends with arrest

Winnipeg police say 10-hour standoff with armed man under bridge ends with arrest

WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say they safely resolved a 10-hour standoff with an armed man hunkered underneath a city bridge and that they managed to pass water to him while they negotiated to de-escalate the situation.
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Manitoba communities prepare to return home after wildfires displaced thousands

Manitoba communities prepare to return home after wildfires displaced thousands

WINNIPEG — Two First Nations organizations are teaming up to provide services for northern Manitoba wildfire evacuees, while some affected communities are getting set to return home.
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Wildfire near two Ontario First Nations 'like a sleeping giant' for now, MPP says

Wildfire near two Ontario First Nations 'like a sleeping giant' for now, MPP says

A provincial legislator says a massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of two northern Ontario First Nations is like a "sleeping giant" at the moment.
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Demski has two touchdown catches in Blue Bombers' 34-20 victory over Lions

Demski has two touchdown catches in Blue Bombers' 34-20 victory over Lions

WINNIPEG — If someone had told Matthew Peterson he'd carry the ball for 130 yards and a touchdown in his CFL debut, the Blue Bombers running back was candid in what his response would have been. “I'm confident, you know.
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew tours wildfire zones, wants more hotel rooms opened

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew tours wildfire zones, wants more hotel rooms opened

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took to the air Thursday, touring areas hit by wildfire, meeting with firefighters and community leaders, and issuing a warning to hotel owners to free up more rooms for evacuees. "We have emergency powers.
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Five charged as Manitoba police target alleged gun and drug trafficking operation

Five charged as Manitoba police target alleged gun and drug trafficking operation

WINNIPEG — Police in Manitoba have seized 30 firearms, along with cocaine and opioids, after executing search warrants in Winnipeg and an area north of the city.
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Jeremaine Copeland to join former teammate Lewis in Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Jeremaine Copeland to join former teammate Lewis in Canadian Football Hall of Fame

TORONTO — Jeremaine Copeland and Nik Lewis will soon be together again.
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Indoor farming helps community members bring healthy food to northern Manitoba

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
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