With hotel space in short supply, Manitoba fire evacuees welcomed in Niagara Falls

As emergency officials work to find hotel space for wildfire evacuees on the Prairies, a Manitoba Indigenous group says it has welcomed residents from the Pimicikamak Cree Nation at a hotel in Niagara Falls, Ont. The organization, which represents Indigenous peoples in Manitoba, said in a social media post that the first of the evacuees from Pimicikamak were greeted Sunday at the airport in Hamilton with snacks and drinks before being loaded onto a bus for the last portion of their trip. A hot meal was waiting for them, the post said, and children and pets were welcome at the hotel, too. “Once they are done they will have access to their room to get settled. We look forward to greeting the next two planes arriving later today,” said the…

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