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Sandbags aplenty as fear grips town

Courtesy CJSB-Swan River Swan River residents were pressed into action Tuesday as a state of emergency was called.

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  • New site chosen for flood evacuees

    05/24/2013 1:00 AM 0

    OTTAWA -- Flood evacuees from Lake St. Martin First Nation may soon have a new place to live.

    The federal and Manitoba governments, along with the band chief and council, announced Thursday they have agreed on a site to rebuild the ......

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  • Flooding closes Gretna border crossing

    05/22/2013 4:01 PM 0

    The U.S.-Canada border crossing at Gretna has been closed temporarily due to overland flooding from the Pembina River in the ...

  • Swan River confident in flood defences

    05/9/2013 9:18 AM 0

    WITH cool overnight temperatures forecast, emergency measures officials in Swan River were confident late Wednesday their flood defences would hold.

    Earlier ...

  • Courtesy CJSB-Swan River Swan River residents were pressed into action Tuesday as a state of emergency was called.

    Sandbags aplenty as fear grips town

    05/8/2013 1:00 AM 0

  • First Nations sue over flooding

    05/8/2013 1:00 AM 0

    Two First Nations hit by the 2011 flood, which had avoided court action up to now, have hired lawyers and ...

  • Landowners around Lake Manitoba hold a demonstration in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building Tuesday morning, rallying the government for the promised compensation for the loss of their land due to the 2011 flood.

    Lake Manitoba farmers decry lack of compensation

    05/7/2013 1:23 PM 0
  • Interactive flood map

    Map: Points of interest in Manitoba's flood fight

    04/10/2013 11:46 AM 0

  • Flood threat easing for much of province

    05/7/2013 1:00 AM 0

    Thanks to benevolent Mother Nature, the flood forecast is much more optimistic than it was three weeks ago.

    The province had ...

  • A man attempts to fix a dike at Lake St. Martin on May 6, 2011. Two days later, the community was abandoned.

    Lake St. Martin -- still homeless

    05/6/2013 8:52 AM 0

  • Ashton might try to get the facts straight

    05/6/2013 11:14 AM 0

    It has been interesting, to say the least, how accusations have been flying since a group of Lake Manitoba landowners ...

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