Firefighters held the line or made progress against some out-of-control wildfires in Manitoba Tuesday, while some evacuees faced barriers to qualify for a $34-per-day stipend that began last week.
Sheryl Matheson, deputy mayor of Sherridon, said Canadian Red Cross officials told some of the community’s 60 evacuees, who are staying in hotel rooms in Dauphin, they would have to travel to a reception centre in Winnipeg — a roughly seven-hour return trip — to verify their identity in person to begin receiving payments.
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