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The ferocity of the fires that forced the evacuation of northwest Manitoba communities has not been seen so early in the year before, says the area's NDP MP Niki Ashton as she called for solidarity and support for her constituents in the face of another challenging wildfire season. “We're used to forest fires in the summer, but we're not used to them this early and this aggressive,” Ashton told in a phone interview. Her Churchill–Keewatinook Aski, Man.
The charts also showed an east-west split in rainfall in March and April—while much of Eastern Canada received heavy rainfall during those months, drought conditions persisted in Western Canada. Looking ahead, there is potential for below-normal precipitation in northern Alberta and Nova Scotia, but also the chance for above-average rainfall in the southern Prairies and parts of Ontario.
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