UWinnipeg hosting evacuees during MB wildfires

With wildfires in Manitoba forcing evacuations in several communities, postsecondary institutions such as the University of Winnipeg have been supporting evacuees. UWinnipeg’s Axworthy Health & RecPlex is currently being used as an evacuee centre for over 450 Manitobans. The Government of Manitoba has reportedly indicated that the shelter could fit as many as 800 people. The Winnipeg Free Press reports that the large number of evacuees has presented a challenge for the centres and the city: Alex McDougall, interim Grand Chief of Anisininew Okimawin, explained that many of the shelters are “stressed to their limits” in terms of resources.