‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous Peoples are increasingly facing,' says NDP MP Niki Ashton.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their communities due to wildfires in the Manitoba riding represented by NDP MP Niki Ashton.

The ferocity of the fires that forced the evacuation of northwest Manitoba communities has not been seen so early in the year before, says the area's NDP MP Niki Ashton as she called for solidarity and support for her constituents in the face of another challenging wildfire ...

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