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Forest Fire Information
General
- Canada – Point sur les feux de forêt au Canada en août
- Canada – August Canadian Wildfire Update
- Air Quality – Orange Alert (July 17)
- Ontario Forest Fires – July 17
- LDHC Code Grey: Lifted
- Biigtigong Nishnaabeg coordinates support for Namaygoosisagagun (Collins FN)
- U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on the Wildfire Situation in Canada
- Air Quality remains Poor today
- Chiefs of Ontario call for Provincial and Federal to coordinate emergency support
- Ontario Forest Fires
NE Region
- NE Forest Fire Region Update – October 30
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – October 31
- NE Forest Fire Region Update – October 26
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – October 26
- NE Forest Fire Region Update – October 19
- NE Forest Fire Region Update – October 15
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – October 15
- NE Forest Fire Region Update – October 12
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – October 12
- NE Forest Fire Region Update – October 6
NW Region
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – October 19
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 14
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 13
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 11
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 10
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 9
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 8
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 7
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 6
- NW Forest Fire Region Update – September 4
Community Fire Bans & Restricted Fire Zones
- LSPP – Full Fire Ban begins Saturday, July 18th, 2026, at 12:01 am
- RFZ Expands in NE Region as of Saturday, July 18
- Goulais Fire – Total Fire Ban in Effect
- Sault Ste. Marie – Open-Air Burning Ban
- Manitouwadge issues Fire Ban
- Rainbow Falls Provincial Park – Full Fire Ban in Place
- Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert FN) – Fire Ban
- FRZ in place at 00:01 for Most of NW ON & Part of NE ON tonight, July 14th
Weather Alerts
- Significant Rainfall Continues (White River – Dubreuilville)
- Significant Rainfall Continues (Agawa – Lake Superior Park)
- Significant Rainfall Continues (Wawa – Pukaskwa Park)
- Significant Rainfall Ended (Marathon – Schreiber)
- Significant Rainfall Ended (Montreal River – Searchmont)
- Yellow Fog Advisory (Marathon – Schreiber)
- Locally Heavy Rainfall (Wawa – Pukaskwa Park) ENDED
- Locally Heavy Rainfall (White River – Dubreuilville) ENDED
- Yellow Fog Advisory (Wawa – Pukaskwa Park)
- Yellow Fog Advisory (White River – Dubreuilville)
Road Closures
- Winter Road Conditions – Monday, November 9
- Winter Road Conditions – Friday November 6th
- Winter Road Conditions – Saturday November 7th
- Hwy 11 (Englehart – Swastika) OPEN
- Hwy 17 (Crescent Lake 89km S of Wawa) UPDATED
- Hwy 17 (Terrace Bay – Nipigon) OPEN
- Hwy 17 (Schreiber – Nipigon) OPEN
- Hwy 101 (Foleyet area) OPEN
- Hwy 17 (Montreal River Hill) OPEN
- Hwy 101 (Chapleau to Foleyet) OPEN
- Hwy 17 (Wawa to White River) Open
- NE OPP – Hwy 17 Open (Bilingual)
- Vehicle Fire (Near Little Pic River Bridge) – CLEARED
- Hwy 17 (Between Marathon & Terrace) One Lane OPEN
- Hwy 11/17 (East of Thunder Bay) Open
- Hwy 17 (Beaumont Park Road, Heyden) OPEN
- LSPP – Gargantua Road Closed
- LSPP – Gargantua Road Remains Closed
- Hwy 17 (White River to Marathon) OPEN
- Hwy 11 (Longlac to Hearst) OPEN
School Bus Cancellations
- School Bus Cancellations (Central Algoma Area) Apr 13
- School Buses (Sault Ste Marie Area, Central Algoma Area Shore Area, North Shore Area) – Cancelled
- Bus Cancellations
- Chapleau School Buses Cancelled
- School Buses Cancelled: Wawa, White River, Chapleau, & Hornepayne
- School Buses Cancelled: Wawa, White River, Chapleau, & Hornepayne
- White River Buses Cancelled
- School Buses Running Today
- School Buses Cancelled (Wawa, White River, Chapleau, Dubreuilville, Hornepayne )
- Buses Delayed – N001 & N002
- Bus Cancellations (Wawa, White River, Chapleau & Dubreuilville)
- Hornepayne School Buses – Cancelled
- No School Buses Today
- All School buses in Wawa & Area – Cancelled
- Back to School “Watch for Buses”
- School Buses Cancelled – White River & Dubreuilville to Wawa
- Hornepayne – School Buses cancelled, School still open
- Hornepayne cancels school buses today – Schools are still open
- All School Buses Cancelled
- School Buses Cancelled throughout Algoma District
Flood and Flood Watch
- Chapleau Temporary Road Closures
- Flood Monitoring Update #5 — Township of Chapleau
- Flood Monitoring Update #4 — Township of Chapleau
- Flood Monitoring Update #3 — Township of Chapleau
- Chapleau Temporary Road Closure – Riverside Drive
- Hwy 556 (Searchmont – Ranger Lake) CLOSED
- SSM OPP Assist with Mile 38 Road Water Rescue
- Chapleau/Wawa District under Flood Watch
- Flood Monitoring Update — Township of Chapleau
- Hwy 101 (TIC Road) One Lane Closed