MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon continues to manage the logistics of hosting 230 evacuees in the community. Emergency Management Control Group meetings continue on a twice daily basis to ensure all necessary activities are coordinated and information exchanged. “The Town of Marathon [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – OntarioNewsNorth.com spoke with Mayor John MacEachern today regarding the township’s emergency control group’s preparations for 150 evacuees from Northwestern Ontario (possibly from Sandy Lake First Nations, the same community where evacuees staying in [Read more]
Thank you! to Elder Diane Richmond for providing all details/info for this article. If you’d like to share your experiences of life on the Northshore or in Greenstone, write Karina Hunter at Editor@OntarioNewsNorth.com MARATHON, ON– Wednesday, July 20th local Elder Diane [Read more]
2,730 People Evacuated From Northwestern Ontario The province is sending the Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) to support forest fire evacuees in Northwestern Ontario. EMAT will be on hand to provide medical assessment to evacuees arriving in Thunder Bay, to address a range of immediate [Read more]
Marathon Accepting Forest Fire Evacuees MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon has accepted 200 Stage 2 evacuees. The evacuees will be lodged at the Marathon Arena. Town and Fire Department Staff are on site coordinating logistics. “Our Emergency Management Control Group continues to [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Wednesday, July 20th OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor/Publisher Karina Hunter had the opportunity to speak with Mayor Linda Nowicki, via Skype, regarding the evacuees welcomed into her comunity. Mayor Nowicki was clearly very pleased to have the opportunity to welcome the Sandy Lake [Read more]
July 19, 2011 3:29 PM UPDATE #14 – IMMINENT FIRE THREAT FORCES THE COMPLETE EVACUATION OF KEEWAYWIN FIRST NATION The Council of Keewaywin First Nation has decided that a complete evacuation of the community is now necessary due to the imminent threat posed by a nearby forest fire. This [Read more]
1,500 Residents Airlifted To Safety The Cabinet Committee on Emergency Management convened today and ensured that firefighters and personnel on the ground have the resources needed to evacuate people to safety and extinguish the fires. The evacuation of residents of First Nations communities in [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Township of Manitouwadge issued a press release this afternoon announcing that Mayor John MacEachern has declared a State of Emergency in the community as we prepare to host approximately 150 evacuees from Northwestern Ontario communities affected by forest fires. [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Town of Marathon has issued a local Declaration of Emergency and is in the process of preparing to accept up to 200 evacuated residents due to the forest fire situation in the Northwest. Official word has not yet been received from Emergency Management Ontario on when [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The many forest fires in Northwestern Ontario have caused concerns in First Nations communities with officials deciding to evacuate their residents. Communities across Northern Ontario have agreed to host these evacuees. This afternoon in Manitouwadge a special meeting was [Read more]
July 19, 2011 – 10pm Provincial Overview and Emergency Management Temperatures were over 30 degrees Celsius and winds were strong and gusting in the Northwest Region on July 19. There were nineteen new fires reported by the evening and several of them are already over 100 hectares in size and [Read more]
UPDATE #12 AND #13NORTHWEST ONTARIO FIRES AND EVACUATIONS Smoke caused by numerous forest fires continues to cause concerns in many First Nations communities in the Northwest. First Nations officials in Cat Lake and Keewaywin have decided to evacuate their most vulnerable residents. 248 of the most [Read more]
July 18, 2011 – 4pm NEW FIRES Four new fires were reported on Sunday, July 17. Parry Sound 6 is a lightning-caused fire and is out at 0.1 hectares. It was reported on Horn Lake, east of Parry Sound. North Bay 23 is a human-caused fire and is under control at 3.0 hectares. It [Read more]
July 15, 2011 – 5pm NEW FIRES Three new fires have been reported for Friday July 15. Sudbury 34 was a 0.5 hectare, human caused fire on an island in Georgian Bay, aproximately 20 kilometres east of Killarney. Sudbury 34 required Air Attack, and is being held by a FireRanger crew with no [Read more]
