Smoke from wildfires ravaging northern Manitoba has impacted thousands of people in Winnipeg as poor air quality has forced the cancellation of numerous activities and performances.

Some 10,000 students, staff, elders and knowledge keepers were supposed to be at a powwow Thursday afternoon but the Winnipeg School Division's largest annual event — a day honouring Indigenous cultures, languages, teachings, and student achievement — was postponed in what superintendent Matt Henderson said was a "tough decision."

"It's always a magical day in the division and everybody looks forward to it," he said, but the division "realized that it wouldn't be safe for not only the dancers, but for kids and elders to be out there for significant amounts of time."

Shakespeare in the Ruins cancelled its Thu

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