Wildfire Evacuees and Asylum Seekers Strain Niagara Falls’ Housing Capacity During Tourism Season - Inside Climate News

Wildfire Evacuees and Asylum Seekers Strain Niagara Falls’ Housing Capacity During Tourism Season - Inside Climate News

As wildfires plague Manitoba, the city’s leaders say they are happy to help but complain that Canada’s national government doesn’t consult them when contracting area hotels to provide emergency housing.By Angeles Ponpa and Ashley SorianoNIAGARA FALLS, Ontario—Geoffrey Ross is no stranger to wildfire evacuations. But in late May, when the flames of one of the conflagrations that have plagued Manitoba closed in on his family’s land near Jenpeg, Ma…