By The Canadian Press, July 14, 2016
GIMLI, Man. — Mounds of ankle-deep fish flies are piling up in the Manitoba town of Gimli where town workers are scooping them with shovels and filling dozens of garbage bags at a time.
Park patrol supervisor Gibby Finnbogason says the town on the shore of Lake Winnipeg is used to the regular mid-July visit from the fish flies — but this year is different.
He says easterly winds have carried the insects into the town in droves, covering sidewalks and the boardwalk by the beach.
