According to CTV.ca, “as flood waters continue to rise in southern Manitoba, the mayor of one small town says it’s time for federal and provincial officials to implement a long-term solution.”

“The rising Red River is expected to crest at Morris, which is south of Winnipeg, on Saturday.

Officials are warning residents of Morris, which is currently protected by a dike, that the flood may be the second highest on record.”

“We have learned how to fight the floods very well but what we really have to concentrate on is minimizing the number of floods,” Hoffman said.

He said if officials built a parallel channel to the Red River it would “obviously reduce the number of floods.”

Full story on CTV.ca.

Here is a CTV video report on the flood.