Hundreds of evacuees from Peguis First Nation have arrived in Winnipeg after fleeing their flooded community.Homes and other buildings are underwater on the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba. Flooding has forced more than 1,000 people living in Peguis to leave their homes after local officials issued a mandatory evacuation order on Sunday. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)Karen Courchene Parisian…
More than 1,000 people in British Columbia will be spending the Christmas holidays out of their homes this year, after being displaced from catastrophic flooding and fires in 2021, according to the province.A woman stands looking out at a flooded part of Merritt, B.C., on Nov. 15. According to the province, more than 1,000 evacuees…
Evacuees from two northwestern Ontario First Nations who have been staying in Thunder Bay for nearly a month are expected to return home in the coming days.More than 115 forest fires were burning in northwestern Ontario as of Monday morning. (Ontario Forest Fires/Twitter)Evacuees from two northwestern Ontario First Nations who have been staying in Thunder Bay…
Evacuees from Red Sucker Lake First Nation in northeast Manitoba began to return home on Monday after fleeing wildfires. But more than 2,000 people from four other First Nations are still stuck.A wildfire tears through trees near Bloodvein First Nation. The community was evacuated last week and has no sense of when they’ll be able to return…