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FIREFIGHTING crews are working to protect Manitoba Hydro infrastructure near a massive, out-of-control blaze in the isolated northern Interlake.
FIREFIGHTING crews are working to protect Manitoba Hydro infrastructure near a massive, out-of-control blaze in the isolated northern Interlake.
The 345,000-acre wildfire, situated in forests off Lake Manitoba’s northeastern tip, is more than 80 kilometres long and approximately 16-km wide at its largest point. It sparked May 12.
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Northern Manitoba RCMP officers with special training in fire evacuation & suppression assisted Grand Rapids RCMP, local fire fighters & community members with the nearby forest fire.
Municipal council s decision to force Lake Manitoba business relocation unethical, owner says
Citing access and safety concerns, the RM of Grahamdale has told Steep Rock Kayak and Canoe owner Peter Hofbauer to relocate the rental business he’s operated along Lake Manitoba’s popular shorefront since 2008.
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Decision to require Steep Rock business to move made amid access, safety concerns at popular lakefront: reeve
Posted: Apr 17, 2021 12:07 PM CT | Last Updated: April 17
In a letter sent last November to Peter Hofbauer, the owner of Steep Rock Kayak, the council for the RM of Grahamdale council wrote he d have to remove all structure(s) from the dock/beach area by June 1 of this year.(Steep Rock Kayak/Facebook)