Overview

• More than 17,000 people have been displaced in Manitoba, prompting a state of emergency and the opening of about 1,000 hotel rooms in Winnipeg alongside emergency reception centres.
• Saskatchewan evacuations have reached roughly 15,000, including 7,000 from La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band after flames breached the town’s airport and communications base.
• Alberta has evacuated nearly 5,000 residents amid shifting wind conditions, leading Premier Danielle Smith to restart her cabinet’s emergency management committee and seek accelerated federal support.
• Premiers Wab Kinew, Scott Moe and Danielle Smith report growing interprovincial and federal offers of firefighting assets, but warn that prolonged drought demands more water bombers and equipment.
• Air quality alerts blanket the region as the Saskatchewan Health Authority and Canadian Red Cross relocate over 45 acute-care and long-term care patients from La Ronge to reception centres in Prince Albert.