Emergency officials are set to give an update on wildfires in Manitoba, after at least seven homes in Tataskweyak Cree Nation burned on Friday and the largest city in the province's north was placed on evacuation watch.

CBC Manitoba will livestream the 12:45 p.m. news conference here and on CBC Gem.

The Town of Leaf Rapids has declared a local state of emergency and told its residents they have 24 hours to get out of the northern community, about 155 kilometres northwest of Thompson, in a Faceboo…