Ontario Wildfires

• Ontario faces crew shortages, aircraft issues in fight against wildfires

  As Ontario's forest fire season gets underway, Global News can reveal that one in five crews are unstaffed across the north. The program also faces issues with its aircraft.

  Fire

  Apr 28
  
• ‘Band-aid response’: Ford government offers forest firefighters $5K bonus

  Ontario has unveiled one-time incentives for wildland firefighters and around 100 permanent jobs. The union, however, says it falls far short of what is needed.

  Fire

  Mar 23
  
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• Ontario adds $20.5M in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and drones

  Ontario's natural resources and forestry minister says the government will spend an additional $20.5 million over three years to help fight wildfires.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2023
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• Wildfires have now burned 10M hectares of Canadian land

  The stark milestone comes as the nation deals with its worst wildfire season on record, which historically runs between April and September.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2023
• Canada’s wildfires now need ‘unprecedented’ international aid to fight

  Government officials sounded the alarm Thursday as they warned Canada’s fire season, which has seen more than eight million hectares of land burned, is still far from over.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2023
• Southern Ontario wakes up to poor air quality on Friday with more wildfire smoke

  For the third straight day, southern Ontario is once again under a special air quality statement from Environment Canada due to smoke from wildfires.

  Weather

  Jun 30, 2023
• Special air quality statement lifted on Thursday for parts of southern Ontario

  Environment Canada has ended a special air quality statement for parts of southern Ontario on Thursday, including the Greater Toronto Area, following pollution from wildfire smoke.

  Weather

  Jun 29, 2023
• Toronto sees worst air quality of major cities in the world as southern Ontario blanketed by smoke

  "Air quality ranges from poor to dangerous and for a time on Wednesday, Toronto was the most polluted major city in the world," Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell said.

  Weather

  Jun 28, 2023
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• Northern Ontario residents reflect on impact wildfire smoke has on community

  Anne Pegg has never seen wildfire smoke linger for so long in the northeastern Ontario mining town of Kirkland Lake, where she's lived for more than 40 years.

  Environment

  Jun 26, 2023
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• ‘Very high levels of air pollution’: Wildfire smoke impacting parts of Ontario

  The weather agency has special air quality statements in effect for the Sudbury, Elliot Lake and Prescott areas due to smoke plumes from wildfires in Ontario and Quebec.

  Environment

  Jun 26, 2023