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Distraction at the Falls
Michael McLeod noticed something Thursday that had become rare in recent weeks — smiles on people's faces. Speaking to the Free Press from Niagara Falls, Ont., the 36-year-old Cross Lake resident was still taking in the wonder of seeing the world famous waterfalls for the very first time. He had arrived in southern Ontario the day before, following a week spent at the Winnipeg Soccer Federation Soccer North facility on Leila Avenue, where evacuees from fire-threatened communities were being housed. 'It was crazy, lots and lots of people,' McLeod said of the crowded congregate shelter. 'Some nights were restless nights. Everyone was panicking with the fires going on around Manitoba. It was just scary.' SUPPLIED Greenly Osborne, eight months, gets emotional as her family makes the trip from Cross Lake to Norway House. Thursday brought a different atmosphere. The people McLeod saw walking around near his hotel weren't as tense. 'They're distracted,' he said. 'It's good to see people smiling that way. It helps. Seeing the Falls boosts the spirits.' For McLeod — whose community, located roughly 815 kilometres north of Winnipeg, had been in the grip of a mass evacuation — the beauty of the Falls was more than a tourist attraction. It was a sight for weary eyes, long deprived of clear skies and clean air. Wednesdays Sent weekly from the heart of Turtle Island, an exploration of Indigenous voices, perspectives and experiences. He'd spent days in Cross Lake helping with fire and rescue efforts, putting out grass fires and scanning the skies for embers as winds blew fires closer to town. Eventually, the danger became too great. 'We were prepared this time,' McLeod said, having gone through an evacuation a few years ago. 'Not prepared, I guess, but we knew we had to get out. It was pretty bad. They told us we had to leave.' Though scheduled to leave for Niagara Falls on Monday, McLeod stayed behind, insisting that women and children be given first priority. SUPPLIED Evacuation from Norway House as Lori Osborne and her family are airlifted to Winnipeg. 'It was bad that night, a lot of people tried jumping on the plane,' he said. 'I was bumped back, but women and children should go first.' Now scattered across Manitoba, his family remains top of mind. 'I'm taking it one day at a time out here,' he said. 'I just get too emotional thinking about back home.' Meanwhile, from her 18th-floor hotel room, Lori Osborne looked out over Niagara Falls — a view unlike anything the 29-year-old had ever seen. 'It's so freakin' beautiful,' she said from one of the 1,500 rooms the province has secured for Manitobans in Ontario. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Lisa Naylor said at a news conference on Thursday that about 800 of those rooms are occupied. Osborne, another evacuee from Cross Lake, had arrived in Niagara Falls on Wednesday with her family, including her four children — Sophie Osborne, 10, Lakota Robinson, 7, Meena Osborne, 5, and Greenly Osborne, eight months — and boyfriend, 29-year-old Stephan Robinson. SUPPLIED Lori Osborne and her family on a bus to Peguis First Nation after being evacuated from Cross Lake to Norway House where they were airlifted to Winnipeg and bussed to Peguis. Their long journey began early last week, first going to Norway House, then Winnipeg, and later to Peguis First Nation, where they were briefly settled. 'My boyfriend and I took turns carrying our 29-pound eight-month-old,' Osborne said, having not been able to take their stroller from Norway House. One was donated when they made it to Peguis. Osborne said her family didn't want to leave there. 'It felt like home… I was really sad,' she said. 'I loved it. My kids had things to do every day. We stayed in a multiplex, and my boyfriend made us a little shelter area with sheets and dividers. 'There was a bouncy castle, an arcade, a pool table… they had everything there.' Their trek, however, was anything but smooth. After arriving at the airport Tuesday night and waiting until 1 a.m., their flight was delayed. They returned to Peguis and flew out the next day — though their luggage had already made the trip without them. 'We thought we would just be there for a week until it blows over,' she said. 'Then we got the call we were going to Niagara Falls.' SUPPLIED Lori Osborne's boyfriend, Stephan Robinson, left, and daughter Sophie Osborne, 10, pass the time while staying at the multiplex in Peguis First Nation. Jamie Anderson, 26, from Cross Lake, heard stories of people losing their homes on his flight to Niagara Falls on Tuesday. 'You just felt bad for them,' he said, adding there were passengers from Flin Flon, Pukatawagan and Split Lake, among other communities. 'Just praying for everybody.' Before arriving in Ontario, Anderson spent several nights at Century Arena in Winnipeg after being evacuated last weekend. At first, even finding a place to rest wasn't easy, as all the cots were taken. 'But Red Cross was really good, the hospitality, the people were great. They fed us, gave us taxi vouchers so we could go pick up our government cheques, and provided buses so we could get to where we needed to go,' he said. 'I can't complain, at least I'm out of the fire, out of the danger zone.' Anderson said he still has some brothers back in Cross Lake helping to fight the fires. 'Another brother and his family are in Brandon,' he said. 'And my mother, sister and little brother are in Winnipeg, all accommodated. They're all good.' SUPPLIED Lori Osborne and her family are now staying in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Now settled in Niagara Falls, Anderson visited the famous waterfalls on Tuesday and found himself settling down, something he hasn't been able to do in days. 'From my hotel, either direction you go, you're going to find something to do,' he said. 'You're seeing smiles on people's faces.' Scott BilleckReporter Scott Billeck is a general assignment reporter for the Free Press. A Creative Communications graduate from Red River College, Scott has more than a decade's worth of experience covering hockey, football and global pandemics. He joined the Free Press in 2024. Read more about Scott. Every piece of reporting Scott produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. 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