Winnipeg Free Press
Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press
Dried stubble in a famers field near the South Perimeter highway may be an indicator of the summer to come. March 2021 was Winnipeg's 17th consecutive month with below normal precipitation, a streak stretching back to October 2019.
Manitoba wildland firefighters are gearing up for one of the earliest starts to the annual fire season.
Manitoba wildland firefighters are gearing up for one of the earliest starts to the annual fire season.
To date, provincial crews have put out eight fires, and municipal firefighters have responded to others, including one in Charleswood Monday.
Dave Schafer, director of the Manitoba Wildfire Service, said normally that number would be one or two at most.