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Impacts depend on smoke quantity, plant progress, surrounding weather conditions.

Prairie wildfires developed on two fronts Friday, as 1,000 more Manitoba residents were forced to flee their homes and Saskatchewan RCMP charged two people with starting blazes.

The Battlefords Healthcare Foundation is collecting comfort kits and donations to support evacuees affected by northern wildfires.

Individuals charged for allegedly starting fires.

NIAGARA FALLS — Until two weeks ago, Tyrone Caribou and his five children lived together in a house on a remote First Nation reserve in northern Manitoba.

‘As always at Batoche, there’s room for everyone,’ says MN–S president Glen McCallum.

“People are losing their homes… The fire is unbelievable in how unforgiving it is."

Randy Spencer and Mike Pirie arrived up north June 4 and had their first assignment the following day.

TORONTO — The Canadian Ophthalmological Society is urging people to take care of their eyes as wildfires burn across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.