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People across the Canadian Prairies are out of their homes, while others are on edge as wildfires inch closer to their communities. THE CANADIAN PRESSPatrick Doyle
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People across the Canadian Prairies are out of their homes, while others are on edge as wildfires inch closer to their communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
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There's no rain in the forecast for Flin Flon, Manitoba, over the next week as crews there fight a wildfire that's raging nearby.

Temperatures throughout the weekend are expected to range from the low to high 20s, before cooling off.

Thousands have evacuated the northwestern Manitoba city, including municipal government officials and health-care professionals.

Flin Flon mayor George Fontaine said on Friday that unless things changed, the fire was projected to take chunks out of the town.

As of now, wildfires in Manitoba have displaced more than 17,000 people.

Thousands have also been affected by wildfires in Saskatchewan and Alberta, with 1,300 people in the community of Swan Hills northwest of Edmonton already forced from their homes.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 31, 2025.

 

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