NEW FIRES There were four forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region on August 28. Fort Frances Fire Number 15, Fort Frances Fire Number 16, Nipigon Fire Number 20, and Thunder Bay Fire Number 15 have been declared out. There were no new forest fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the [Read more]
There are now 257 personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on assignment in British Columbia (130) and the Northwest Territories (127) to assist in ongoing forest fire management efforts. Ontario has also provided equipment including 400 power pumps, 2,000 lengths of [Read more]
New Fires One new fire was confirmed on August 5. Sault Ste. Marie 18 was declared out at 0.1 hectare. By the time of this report, one new fires has been confirmed on August 6. Timmins 14 is now out. Fire Hazard The Northeast Region is experiencing a hazard ranging from low to high. Areas [Read more]
There are now 539 personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on assignment in Alberta (107), British Columbia (301) and the Northwest Territories (131) to assist in ongoing forest fire management efforts (see map provided by MNR below for approximate location of Out Of [Read more]
New Fires Lightning-caused fires have been keeping Ontario FireRangers busy. Six fires were confirmed on July 24. Sault Ste. Marie 4 is under control at 0.3 ha and is located north of Gordon Lake. Sudbury 40 is under control at 0.4 ha and is located approximately 35 km north of Massey. Sudbury 41 [Read more]
There are 593 personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on assignment in Alberta (107), British Columbia (348), Parks Canada – Alberta (13) and the Northwest Territories (125) to assist in forest fire management efforts. An Incident Management Team is scheduled [Read more]
Forest fire situation updates will be published by OntarioNewsNorth.com Mondays (the MNR also provides Thursday updates which can be accessed at ontario.ca/forestfire There were five new forest fires reported in the Northwest Region between May 23 and the evening of May 25, all caused by people. [Read more]
New Fires No new fires reported on September 3. No new fires were reported by the time of this report on September 4. Fire arrivals for the next few days are expected to be low with minimal fire behaviour. Active Fires Existing fires are remotely situated in the Cochrane district and are being [Read more]
New Fires No new fires were confirmed in the region on September 4 and there were no new fires confirmed on September 3. Active Fires Sixteen fires remain active in the Northwest Region. There are two monitored fires in Quetico Provincial Park and one monitored fire on an island on Lake of the [Read more]
The Hon. David Orazietti, Minister of Natural Resources explains the current reorganization of his ministry and changes to the bear management program. RELATED LINKS NDP MPP VANTHOF MISLEADS NORTHERNERS ON MNR TRANSFORMATION (Aug.30.2013) NDP: MNR cuts ignore Northern needs (Aug. 28.2013) Another [Read more]
From: David Orazietti, M.P.P. Sault Ste. Marie Conveniently Forgets his NDP Government Hacked $107 million from MNR SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – In a recent media release, NDP MPP John Vanthof, of Timiskaming-Cochrane, misleadingly claimed* that MNR’s internal reorganization will hurt Northern [Read more]
New Fires It was scattered rainfall and high relative humidity levels that kept fire active low on August 24 in the Northwest Region; only one new fire was confirmed which was a small fire in the Kenora District that has already been called out. Active storm systems roaming across [Read more]
New Fires Three new fires were reported on August 23. Parry Sound 29 is out at 0.5 hectares and is located west of Bear Lake. Timmins 10 is out at 0.1 hectares and is located north of McBride Lake. Wawa 15 is out at 0.1 hectares and is located north of Caramat. Four new fires [Read more]
NEW FIRES There were four new confirmed fires by the evening of August 22 in the Northwest Region. They were in the districts of Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout. They were all caused by lightning. Dryden District Fire Number 34 is a 0.6 hectare fire listed as not under control. Kenora [Read more]
New Fires One new fire was reported on August 5. Sudbury 28 is under control at 0.2 hectares and is located west of Alban. There are no issues anticipated. No new fires were reported at the time of this report on August 6. A number of the existing fires are in Cochrane district and are [Read more]
