Manitoba Ends State of Emergency

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Emergency Management Organization is advising the provincewide state of emergency under the Emergency Measures Act will expire today and is not being extended.

The state of emergency was first declared on July 10 and extended on Aug. 7 under powers set out in sections 10(1) and 10(2) of the Emergency Measures Act. It expired at noon today.

Evacuation orders set by local authorities remain in place until it is deemed safe to return.

For information on the status and location of active wildfires, fire restrictions and bans, evacuations, and how to help prevent wildfires, visit https://gov.mb.ca/wildfire/index.html.