Lightning strikes behind latest uptick in northern Manitoba wildfires prompting alerts, evacuations

Lightning strikes behind latest uptick in northern Manitoba wildfires prompting alerts, evacuations

Most of the wildfires that have started recently in Manitoba's north stem from lightning strikes, some of which have led to local states of emergencies and evacuations in recent days — with the entire community of Leaf Rapids hurrying to get

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