Visitors to Niagara Falls this summer will notice a new four-foot buffer lining the observation deck. This temporary measure ...

It's been about two weeks since wildfire evacuees from several First Nations started arriving in Niagara Falls, Ont. Since then, about 3,000 people from northern Manitoba and Ontario have been ...

It's been about two weeks since wildfire evacuees from several First Nations started arriving in Niagara Falls, Ont. Since then, about 3,000 people from northern Manitoba and Ontario have been living ...

Canada faces a severe wildfire season, with millions of hectares already burned and forecasts predicting continued high risks due to climate change-induced dry conditions. Evacuations have displaced ...

FILE PHOTO: Vanessa Hart, a stay-at-home mother from Pukatawagan, shares her experience during a wildfire evacuation during an interview at a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 4, 2025.

FILE PHOTO: Vanessa Hart, a stay-at-home mother from Pukatawagan, shares her experience during a wildfire evacuation during an interview at a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 4, 2025.

FILE PHOTO: Vanessa Hart, a stay-at-home mother from Pukatawagan, shares her experience during a wildfire evacuation during an interview at a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 4, 2025.

As wildfires engulfed Manitoba's remote north in late May, Joseph Garry, 63, fled the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation indigenous reserve, also known as Pukatawagan, on a helicopter.

So far, close to 2,000 evacuees have been put up in hotels near tourist attractions and the iconic Horseshoe Falls, with around 1,000 more expected to arrive in the coming days.

So far, close to 2,000 evacuees have been put up in hotels near tourist attractions and the iconic Horseshoe Falls, with around 1,000 more expected to arrive in the coming days.

Niagara Falls, with its large stock of hotel rooms, is already hosting around 1,500 refugee claimants – who rely on social services, soup kitchens, food banks and local charities – under a ...