Wildfire Evacuations

• Northern Manitoba community recovering from wildfire faces winter food crisis

  After fleeing devastating wildfires this summer, residents of Leaf Rapids have returned. But with winter approaching, they now face a desperate race against the cold.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2025
  
• Quebec wildfires: Canadian Rangers to help evacuate Cree communities

  There were 126 wildfires burning in the province as of Friday afternoon, including 86 in the northern zone where several Cree nations live.

  Fire

  Jul 14, 2023
  
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• Encroaching wildfire forces evacuations in parts of Val d’Or in western Quebec

  The evacuations are the first in Quebec since residents of the northern city of Lebel-sur-Quévillon were allowed to return home Sunday after they had been forced out for two weeks.

  Fire

  Jun 20, 2023
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• Evacuation order lifted in northern Quebec town after wildfires, but risk remains

  The mayor says about two-thirds of residents of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Que., began returning home over the weekend but warned they should be prepared to leave again if need be.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2023
• Thousands still displaced across Canada due to wildfires while many return home

  Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says many people in Alberta, B.C. and Quebec have been able to return home.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2023
• University of Regina welcomes evacuees from northern Sask. communities

  More than 500 evacuees will be making the Kisik Tower at the University of Regina their home away from home until it is deemed safe to return to their communities.

  Weather

  May 18, 2023
• Clearwater Dene Nation man says recent Saskatchewan wildfires a ‘wake-up call’

  "It's a sense of relief but the work doesn't end," said Roy Sean Cheecham from Clearwater Dene Nation. "It was a bit of a wake-up call for how prepared we need to be."

  Fire

  May 8, 2023
• Athabasca County evacuation order issued due to wildfire northeast of town

  An Alberta Emergency Alert issued around 11:30 p.m. Thursday said there was a wildfire about 10 kilometres northeast of Athabasca, east of Camping Lake and moving west.

  Fire

  May 5, 2023
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• Heavy smoke means Shoal Lake, Red Earth Cree Nation evacuees will have to wait longer to return

  Smoke from the late-season Bell fire near Hudson Bay, Sask. is still blowing into the communities, making the air quality unsafe for many people’s health.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2021
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• First Nation Chiefs blast Sask. government over firefighting efforts

  Red Earth Cree Nation and Shoal Lake Cree Nation are calling for more assistance from the Saskatchewan government to protect their ancestral land from the wildfires.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2021