Manitoba officials to provide wildfire update Thursday morning
Premier Wab Kinew will provide a wildfire update at 9 a.m. Thursday from the Manitoba legislature, alongside Kristin Hayward, assistant deputy minister of the Conservation Officer Service and Manitoba Wildfire Service, and Christine Stevens, assistant deputy minister, Manitoba Emergency Management Organization.
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