For the first time since July 10, Manitoba is no longer under a state of emergency due to wildfires.
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Emergency Management Organization announced this afternoon the provincewide state of emergency under the Emergency Measures Act will expire today and is not being extended.
The state of emergency was first declared on July 10 and extended on Aug. 7 under powers set out in sections 10(1) and 10(2) of the Emergency Measures Act. It expired at noon today.
Evacuation orders set by local authorities remain in place until it is deemed safe to return.
The province has said this wildfire season has been the most destructive in the past 30 years.
