Firefighting crews managed to keep an out-of-control forest fire from growing bigger in Northern Ontario.

Tyler Steek was the son of former Winnipeg city councillor Garth Steek, who held the River Heights-Fort Garry seat from 1995-2004.

Risky ice rescue courses that send firefighters and firefighting students into treacherous, fast-moving currents should be put on hold until they can be performed safely, a coroner's inquest into the deaths of two Ontario men recommended Thursday.

Provincial police say a raging fire is sending clouds of black smoke across the QEW in Burlington, Ont., forcing officials to shut down a ramp to the highway.

Multiple communities have been evacuated as two massive forest fires rage in eastern Manitoba Friday.

A forest fire is raging along the Manitoba and Ontario border Thursday evening, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.