271140 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.timescolonist.com/manitoba-first-nation-sending-some-residents-to-winnipeg-due-to-wildfires-smoke-1.24348625WINNIPEG — A northern First Nation in Manitoba is sending some of its members south because of smoke and wildfires. Tataskweyak Cree Nation, also known as Split Lake, started transporting members with health concerns out of the community Tuesday evening.2021-08-04T23:59+0200timescolonist-f8ec6e004259d65001a9b7857e6a567120210804235900https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/residents-with-health-risks-evacuating-tataskweyak-cree-nation-due-to-wildfires-1.5534567WINNIPEG -- Another Manitoba community is being evacuated as wildfires continue to burn across the province. On Wednesday, CTV News Winnipeg confirmed Tataskweyak Cree Nation began evacuating its community members with the highest health priorities, along with their companions, on Tuesday night.2021-08-04T22:16+0200barrie-151a8b904f1d2b61f853ab260f974bc120210804221600https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/smoke-from-forest-fires-causing-air-quality-concerns-in-muskoka-1.5534484BARRIE, ONT. -- Smoke from wildfires in northern Ontario and eastern Manitoba is causing high levels of air pollution for parts of Muskoka Wednesday. Environment Canada has issued a for the following regions; Huntsville, Baysville; Town of Parry Sound; Rosseau; Killbear Park.2021-08-04T21:16+0200barrie-ccd896382cedac23bf6b1e42dac0f7ff20210804211600https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/wildfire-smoke-casts-haze-over-sask-1.5534282SASKATOON -- Large swaths of central and eastern Saskatchewan are under air quality statements due to smoke from forest fires in British Colombia and the Prairies. “Wildfire smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility at times, due to elevated values of fine particulate matter,” according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.2021-08-04T19:14+0200barrie-35d211694775c774a6a1ee33ff5b010020210804191400