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Thick wildfire smoke prompts cancellation of Gimli sailing competition

'You want to keep them safe to sail another day,' said Eric Turner, co-chair of competition

CBC News

Thick wildfire smoke hanging over Manitoba has prompted the cancellation of the Sail West regional championships in Gimli. 

"You want to keep them safe to sail another day. We've made a prudent and wise and defendable quite frankly decision to cancel," said Eric Turner, co-chair of the 2025 Sail West competition and president of Sail Manitoba. 

The four-day event was scheduled to run from July 17-21, with 40 competitors taking part in the competition over the weekend at the Gimli Yacht Club.

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