More roads reopen in Whiteshell Provincial Park
Highlights of your CTV Morning Live news and weather for May 26.
More of Whiteshell reopens, MPs gather in Ottawa ahead of new session: CTV Morning Live News
More roads in Whiteshell Provincial Park are reopening following wildfire-related closures earlier this month.
The province announced Monday that Highway 307 from Highway 11 to Betula Lake has reopened to traffic after it was closed due to the wildfire threat.
Highway 301 from Falcon Lake to the Highway 1 underpass has been opened but is restricted to local traffic.
However, three highways in the park remain closed to all traffic due to the conditions, including:
-Highway 44 from West Hawk Lake to Rennie;
-Highway 301 from the Highway 1 underpass to PTH 44 at West Hawk; and
-Highway 307 from Betula Lake to Rennie.
The province announced Sunday that residents and cottagers of the Pointe Du Bois area could return as progress had been made in fighting wildfires in the area near Whiteshell and Nopiming provincial parks.
-With files from CTV's Devon McKendrick
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