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Hotel rooms, stipends, smoke, CancerCare, police force
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Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'There’s no simple solution in this'

Nicole Buffie:

Province asks people to reconsider travel plans to free up hotel rooms for additional evacuees

Estimated 21,000 Manitobans displaced by wildfire threats so far; more American firefighters join battle Read More

 

Malak Abas:

Daily $34 stipend only scratches surface for some wildfire evacuees

Financial aid offered to 21,000 displaced Manitobans Read More

 

Sabrina Carnevale:

Wildfire smoke felt acutely by some, has longer-term health impacts

With wildfire smoke drifting into Winnipeg and nearby areas from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the air has become hazardous, raising health concerns for those with vulnerable conditions Read More

 
 
 

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'A long-delayed, much-needed addition'

Maggie Macintosh:

New CancerCare facility could cost $1B to treat, study disease

Construction set to begin next summer on expansion Read More

 
 

'Activated active aggression'

 
 

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Mark Vancleave And Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press:

Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. Read More

 
 

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