Few places on Earth are better prepared for floods than flat and often soggy Manitoba, but the province was ill-prepared to fight this spring's floods in multiple regions.
The Winnipeg River is flowing at a record volume in Manitoba because officials no longer have any other option to control flooding across a vast swath of northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota.
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and facing increased flooding in recent decades, the community is hoping to get some permanent infrastructure for protection.