At least one vocal critic of the Manitoba government's management of last year's historic floods says he is glad the official handling of the disaster is being reviewed.

The Manitoba government has created an independent task force to review how the province handled last year's historic floods.

Some rural Manitobans left homeless from last year's floods are still waiting for temporary houses that were promised to them months ago.

Members of a Manitoba First Nation who are displaced from their homes due to spring floods have a "home away from home" in a tourist lodge hundreds of kilometres away.

First Nations residents who were forced from their homes in Lake St. Martin by floods will spend a lonely Christmas in Winnipeg hotel rooms.

Manitoba Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard is calling for an independent review of this year's flooding.

Premier Greg Selinger says the cost of this year's unprecedented spring flooding could eventually top $1 billion and will push Manitoba's deficit significantly higher.

The cost of the Manitoba flood of 2011 has soared to $815 million, about $100 million more than the province's last estimate.

Some Manitoba flood evacuees have been getting utility bills for their homes and businesses for months, even though they have not been allowed to return to their communities.

Flood evacuees from the Lake St. Martin First Nation are divided on whether to accept the Manitoba government's proposal to build a temporary village for them.

The federal government has announced $50 million in disaster assistance funding to Manitoba to help cover the cost of widespread flooding last spring and summer.

Some cattle ranchers in Manitoba's Interlake Region are wondering when they will receive flood compensation promised them from the provincial government.

The tab for this year's record spring flooding in Manitoba has already cost federal taxpayers millions — and that will only go up.

Some elders from a Manitoba First Nation that was flooded this spring have checked out of a Winnipeg hotel, saying they did not feel welcome there.

Interim NDP Leader Nycole Turmel is urging the federal government to develop a national disaster-prevention program, following a half-hour meeting Saturday with Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger.