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CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Sections of iconic pier mysteriously vanish, village suspects foul play
Sections of an iconic pier on the southwestern shores of Lake Winnipeg have mysteriously vanished. When crews from the Village of Dunnottar went to the Matlock Pier Monday morning, they discovered three 16-foot sections, including the braces, poles, and handrails, had vanished. 'Following an inspection of them, it appears that they were vandalized,' Dunnottar CAO Sarah Palson said. 'It looks like nails had been removed from them, which then obviously lessened the integrity of them, and so they washed away.' Palson said the Matlock Pier is one of eight in the village. Each year, she said these piers are partially dismantled over the winter months to avoid ice damage. It was the sections left in place over the winter that disappeared. She said two of the three missing sections washed up on shore, but the third is still missing. The village has filed a police report with the Selkirk RCMP and is asking anyone with information to contact police. In the meantime, Palson said the suspected vandalism shouldn't delay the opening of the piers too much. The village still plans to have the piers open to the public by the end of June. CTV News has reached out to RCMP for more details.
CBC
26-05-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Widespread wildfire smoke prompts air quality alerts in Manitoba
Smoke from wildfires is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in parts of Manitoba, prompting alerts from Environment Canada. Warm and dry conditions are expected through the week, continuing the conditions that fuel wildfires, the weather agency's forecast says. However, the dangerously-high winds are not expected. On the flipside, though, the lighter winds mean the smoke will linger for a prolonged period. An air quality warning has been issued for southeast Manitoba, stretching from Manigotagan on the east side of Lake Winnipeg south to East Braintree, and from about 40 kilometres east of Winnipeg to the Ontario border. It includes: Bissett. Falcon Lake and West Hawk Lake. Powerview-Pine Falls. Seven Sisters Falls. Nopiming Provincial Park. Pointe du Bois. Rural municipality of Alexander. RM of Lac Du Bonnet. RM of Reynolds. Ste. Rita. Hadashville. Rennie. RM of Victoria Beach. RM of Whitemouth, including Elma. Shoal Lake First Nations. The fire in Nopiming Provincial Park, the largest of 15 wildfires currently burning in the province, remains listed as out of control at 115,100 hectares, according to Manitoba's FireView map. Environment Canada urges people to limit time outdoors and to consider reducing or rescheduling outdoor activities and events. Mild and common symptoms from poor air quality involve eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches or a moderate cough. More serious symptoms include wheezing, chest pains or severe cough. When indoors, keep windows and doors closed as much as possible. If you must spend time outdoors, a well-fitting respirator-type mask (N95 or equivalent) can reduce exposure to the fine particles in the smoke, the weather agency says. A special air quality statement covers much of northern Manitoba, from the tip of Lake Winnipeg to the Nunavut border and across to the Saskatchewan border. The only northern section not covered by the statement is the northeast corner, including Churchill, Gillam, Samattawa and the Island Lake communities. Environment Canada issued the same health warnings for the regions under the air quality statement as those under the warning.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Dunnottar couple rescues pelican
Winnipeg Watch Dave Konefall's Wednesday afternoon walk with his dogs on the shoreline of Lake Winnipeg quickly changed gears when he spotted a large bird in distress.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
WATCH: ‘Such a joyful sight': Dunnottar couple rescues pelican trapped on Lake Winnipeg shoreline
Dave Konefall and his wife spotted this pelican on the shoreline of Lake Winnipeg ensnared in a fishing net on Wednesday May 21, 2025. (Korey Williams)
CBC
21-05-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Wildfire evacuation order in RM of Alexander partially lifted but people face 2-hour notice to leave again
Some people forced from homes and cottages by Manitoba's largest wildfire are being allowed to return — but with a warning they face a two-hour evacuation notice, if necessary. "That's probably close to half, maybe one-third, of all the people affected can go back. A very big estimated number is [that the fire is] affecting 1,000 people so it's possible that a few hundred are going back," said Jack Brisco, mayor of the rural municipality of Alexander. The RM covers a large geographic area, from the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg to north and then east of Lac du Bonnet. That eastern boundary is sandwiched between the wildfire in the RM of Lac du Bonnet and the massive one raging through Nopiming Provincial Park. The Lac du Bonnet one, which peaked at about 4,000 hectares is now listed as being held. The Nopiming one is 101,689 hectares and still listed as out of control. It's more than twice the size of the province's next largest fire, near The Pas and Opaskwayak Cree Nation, which grew to 42,650 hectares at one point but is now being held, according to the province's FireView page. The Nopiming fire is the one that spread into the RM of Alexander, where it has burned about 5,000 hectares. However, "the municipality has been advised that the imminent risk of danger to life and properties in your area has diminished at this time," states a message posted to the RM of Alexander website on Tuesday evening. As a result, the evacuation order has been lifted for the area west of the intersection of Highways 313 and 315 — Miller Road, Lakeshore Bay, Paradise Lane, Pinawa Place, Woodland Drive, Cedarwood Road, Strong Road, Tuokko Drive, Keystone Heights, Second Street and First Street. But to be allowed to return, residents must be registered with the RM of Alexander's Connect system, a communication system that allows alerts to be directly and immediately received. "If you can't get out within two hours, you're not going to be allowed to go back," Brisco said. "Because the fire is still ongoing … [and] it does not take long for it to travel through miles of bush if the wind is blowing the right way. "People really want to go home, and we really do want them to go home, but only under safe conditions." The call to lift part of the evacuation order was made by the Manitoba Wildfire Service in consultation with the crews on the ground, Brisco said. "They deemed safe enough, as long as the people are on Connect." The Nopiming fire has destroyed 20 cabins and homes around Beresford Lake and 19 structures on seasonal sites at Black Lake. People there have said the intensity of the heat has caused boats to partially melt. But so far there have been no losses in the RM of Alexander, Brisco said. "We have not lost a building or even a shed, as far as I know."
