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08052025 Ryan Toews douses hotspots around the perimeter of a grass fire north of Kemnay, Manitoba on a windy Thursday afternoon. The RM of Whitehead and RM of Sifton & Oak Lake Fire Departments responded to the fire with help from area farmers, including Toews and his friend Matt Thiessen. Earlier in the afternoon, the fire departments battled another blaze along Highway 250 north of Alexander with help from members of Deerboine Hutterite Colony. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)