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The WE010 fire is still considered active, but barely. Evacuees from the fire have been returning home, Highway 10 is back open and the fire has not grown in a week.

People evacuated from Cranberry Portage and cabin areas due to the WE010 fire will soon be able to return home.

No news is good news on the forest fire front. Little new information came on the WE010 fire Thursday, but the blaze's growth seems to be slowing and more help is coming.

The WE010 fire continues to burn more forest near Flin Flon, Cranberry Portage and Manitoba Highway 10. Weather forecasts in the coming days call for rain, which may help fight the blaze.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew visited Flin Flon and The Pas Tuesday, meeting with first responders, fire crews, emergency assistance personnel and local leaders.

Bomber head coach and general manager Mike Reagan has been honoured as this year's top Canadian junior A coach.

The fire burning between Cranberry Portage and Flin Flon raged on Tuesday, but more and more resources are being used to hold it at bay.

More communities have been evacuated and Manitoba Highway 10 has been closed due to a growing forest fire.

The forest fire near Sourdough Bay has grown overnight - but so have efforts to keep it at bay.

People living in the cabin area of Sourdough Bay near Flin Flon have had to evacuate their homes due to a forest fire, the first major blaze of the season.