Manitoba re-imposed a provincewide state of emergency at 12:01 p.m. local time on Thursday after a surge in wildfires threatened multiple communities, Premier Wab Kinew announced. The move, the second such declaration this fire season, allows the province to marshal additional facilities and resources for evacuees and firefighting operations. Garden Hill Anisininew Nation began a full-scale evacuation after flames entered the remote fly-in community, forcing more than 4,000 residents to leave. The Canadian Armed Forces, Hercules aircraft and commercial flights were mobilised to assist. Snow Lake, a mining town of about 1,000 people roughly 590 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, also ordered all non-essential personnel out by noon, citing three fires within 25 kilometres of the community. Wekusko Falls Provincial Park was closed as part of the emergency response. Provincial officials reported 98 active blazes, led by an out-of-control 3,000-hectare fire near Snow Lake. The repeat state of emergency follows one imposed on 28 May that was lifted on 23 June, underscoring the volatility of this year’s fire season. The latest crisis comes less than a month after G7 leaders meeting in Alberta endorsed the Kananaskis Wildfire Charter, pledging deeper international collaboration on wildfire prevention, suppression and recovery—a commitment that Canada’s ongoing emergencies are now putting to an early test.