Saskatchewan and Manitoba declare states of emergency due to spreading wildfires

Saskatchewan is the latest to declare a province-wide state of emergency, as wildfires continue to spread.
Premier Scott Moe says the conditions facing the province, especially in the north, are unlike any they’ve seen before.
In neighbouring Manitoba, where a state of emergency was declared on Wednesday, the residents of the city of Flin Flon, about five-thousand people, are among the 17-thousand under mandatory evacuation.
Earlier this month, two people died when they were trapped by the flames of a fast-moving wildfire in the province’s eastern region.
Nikki Ritchot
Nikki Ritchot
Nikki joined The Ranch 106.5 team as a news reporter in September of 2023. In addition to her news reports, you can occasionally hear her live filling in for the Big JD on the Trading Post. Nikki and her family moved to Vegreville in 2022, where she, her husband Jeff Dyck, and son Gabriel bought their very first house. Nikki really loves fall and multiple daily trips to Tim Hortons.

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