| Comments | Pukatawagan MB, June 10, 2008. A town in northern Manitoba declared a state of emergency as food and other necessities dwindled away because of a burned-out railway bridge. More than 2,600 people in Pukatawagan, located about 900 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, were faced with shortages of food and supplies, including baby products because of a wildfire that damaged the local railway bridge connecting the isolated community with the rest of the province. During the summer months there are only two ways to access Pukatawagan, by air or by rail. |