Nopiming reopens as wildfire threat lessens

Nopiming Provincial Park is now back open to all permanent residents, cottagers and commercial operators. The move happened Friday morning at 9 o'clock. According to our province, Provincial Road (PR) 314 and PR 304 are also now back open to traffic. 

The Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says the moves are possible, even though Fire EA061 remains out of control. That is because suppression efforts allow for the reopening. 

One home destroyed after wildfire enters town in northern Manitoba

Ash and embers rained down on the northwestern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids when an out-of-control wildfire entered the community Wednesday evening resulting in the damage of one home and several abandoned buildings. 

Firefighters have been in the community for weeks establishing fire guards, managing vegetation and setting up value protection on critical infrastructure, but "intense fire behaviour" that ramped up over the course of a few hours prompted crews to temporarily leave the town. 

Leaf Rapids largely spared as fire crews return to battle wildfire

Fire crews returned to the town of Leaf Rapids Thursday morning after a wildfire burning close to the community jumped the Churchill River and entered the industrial area of town, forcing emergency crews to flee.

In a post made on social media, officials say that so far, only one house has been damaged. 

Firefighters forced to flee as wildfire reaches town of Leaf Rapids

Firefighters battling a wildfire near the town of Leaf Rapids were forced to evacuate the community late Wednesday evening. 



In a Facebook post, the Town of Leaf Rapids informed its residents that one of the fires in the area had jumped the Churchill River and entered the town through the industrial area. 

Dominion City firefighter assists with Snow Lake wildfire protection

A local volunteer firefighter is doing his part to support those on the front lines of Manitoba’s wildfire response.  

The town of Snow Lake was evacuated on July 10 due to the threat of wildfires. Just two days later, on July 12, volunteer firefighter Steve Slaney from Dominion City joined crews to assist with wildfire protection. They returned one week later, on July 19. 

Dominion City firefighter assists with Snow Lake wildfire protection

A local volunteer firefighter is doing his part to support those on the front lines of Manitoba’s wildfire response.  

The town of Snow Lake was evacuated on July 10 due to the threat of wildfires. Just two days later, on July 12, volunteer firefighter Steve Slaney from Dominion City joined crews to assist with wildfire protection. They returned one week later, on July 19. 

Fire officials say 50 mm of rain would greatly help firefighting efforts

A spokesperson for Manitoba Wildfire Service (MWS) says without rain, the fire activity in our province will remain fairly active. 

Kristin Hayward is Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for MWS. She says as of Monday, 120 active fires are burning in our province. That is two fewer than there were on Friday. The total number of wildfires in Manitoba this year is 331. The 20-year average for July 21 is 243 fires.

Smoke hampers firefighting in Manitoba, but rain in forecast for early this week

Precipitation that's in the forecast early this week could help crews fighting wildfires that have been threatening a northern Manitoba city after smoke that's blanketed much of the Prairies over the weekend kept some firefighting aircraft grounded and forced the cancellation of a number of weekend events.

In an update posted to social media on Sunday, the City of Thompson said rain was forecast for the area on Monday as the community continues to advise residents to be ready to flee at short notice due to several fires. 

Air quality warnings issued throughout Manitoba as wildfire smoke envelops province

Air quality warnings are in effect for much of Manitoba this weekend as wildfire smoke continues to linger over the region.

Environment Canada says much of the province will be dealing with poor conditions, with Winnipeg expected to see an air quality health index rating of over 10 by Saturday night.

The agency says the very high risk conditions in Winnipeg, as well as Flin Flon in northwestern Manitoba, are expected to last throughout the weekend.

Federal officials say wildfire forecast shows high risk of more fires in August

The 2025 wildfire season is already one of the worst on record for Canada and there is a high risk that more fires will break out in August, federal officials said on Friday.

More than 5.5 million hectares of land have burned so far this year, more than double the 10-year average for mid-July.

That is still well behind the record fire season in 2023, when more than 6,000 fires burned more than 15 million hectares of land.

There were 561 fires burning as of Friday, including 69 that were considered out of control.