Environment Canada has put a large portion of Ontario under a special air quality statement due to the smoke. The weather agency said smoke plumes from forest fires over northeastern Ontario and ...

Noah Freedman is a vice-president of Local 703 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and a forest fire crew leader with the MNR. Freedman worries Maragna's response means any ...

Ontario is providing supplies and personnel ... coordinate with the federal government and the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre on how and when these resources will be deployed. " ...

More than 150 Ontario firefighters are standing by and ... with the federal government and the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre on how and when its resources will be deployed.

Ontario, Alberta and Quebec are sending help ... in California who has been evacuated due to the devastating forest fires. Good neighbours are always there for each other in times of need, and ...

They found that fuel aridity — both the amount and the dryness of flammable vegetation — was the biggest driver of forest fire severity. They also observed that the summer months were more ...