Ontario Wildfires
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Ontario faces crew shortages, aircraft issues in fight against wildfiresAs 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.FireApr 28
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‘Band-aid response’: Ford government offers forest firefighters $5K bonusOntario 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.FireMar 23
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Ontario adds $20.5M in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and dronesOntario's natural resources and forestry minister says the government will spend an additional $20.5 million over three years to help fight wildfires.EnvironmentOct 12, 2023
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Wildfires have now burned 10M hectares of Canadian landThe stark milestone comes as the nation deals with its worst wildfire season on record, which historically runs between April and September.CanadaJul 16, 2023
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Canada’s wildfires now need ‘unprecedented’ international aid to fightGovernment 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.CanadaJul 6, 2023
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Southern Ontario wakes up to poor air quality on Friday with more wildfire smokeFor the third straight day, southern Ontario is once again under a special air quality statement from Environment Canada due to smoke from wildfires.WeatherJun 30, 2023
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Special air quality statement lifted on Thursday for parts of southern OntarioEnvironment 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.WeatherJun 29, 2023
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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.WeatherJun 28, 2023
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Northern Ontario residents reflect on impact wildfire smoke has on communityAnne 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.EnvironmentJun 26, 2023
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‘Very high levels of air pollution’: Wildfire smoke impacting parts of OntarioThe 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.EnvironmentJun 26, 2023
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