Floods, fires prompt provinces to take action

Published June 15, 2011

On May 8, Canada deployed its military into rural Manitoba to secure the province from the effects of climate change.

Of course, no one said it quite so bluntly. That was the day Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger asked for soldiers to help fight the floods ravaging his province. Within hours, the Army had sent hundreds of men and women to help build and reinforce dikes and protect property in danger of being...