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Construction workers safe after huddling in shipping container as wildfire raged around them

Construction workers safe after huddling in shipping container as wildfire raged around them

The superintendent of a construction crew that sheltered in a shipping container as an out of control wildfire closed in around them says they're lucky to be alive.The 19-person crew — with all but one hailing from communities across Manitoba — had been working at a job site near Sandy Lake in northwestern Ontario. The site included […]

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