Trentt Hart holds his five-month-old son at Stanley Park. He tucks a Gatorade into his pocket and glances to a field nearby, where people are dancing and singing in a powwow.

“It’s good to get out,” Hart tells the Sun. “It’s something to do instead of just being in the hotel.”

Hart, his girlfriend, his son and his 17-month-old daughter are some of the many wildfire evacuees from northern Manitoba. They are staying in Brandon, and were invited out to Stanley Park on Wednesday evening to join the community and feel at home.

The Oyate Wacipi Peoples Powwow hosted a special version of its weekly powwow yesterday to welcome Brandon’s evacuees and honour their journey with a feast. A table of sandwiches, Gatorades, bowls of soup, vegetables, fruits and breads was manned by six volunteers, who

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