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Wildfire Evacuees and Asylum Seekers Strain Niagara Falls’ Housing Capacity During Tourism Season
As wildfires plague Manitoba, the city’s leaders say they are happy to help but complain that Canada’s national government doesn’t consult them when contracting area hotels to provide emergency housing.
By Angeles Ponpa and Ashley Soriano
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario—Geoffrey Ross is no stranger to wildfire evacuations. But in late May, when the flames of one of the conflagrations that have plagued Manitoba closed in on his family’s land near Jenpeg, Manitoba, for the third time in recent years, the father of two knew this would be different.