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Former Wildfire Response Support Personnel Come Out Of Retirement To Help

Ontario is prioritizing the safety of the public and emergency responders, and the protection of communities and private property during this year’s busy fire season. “We are doing everything we possibly can to ensure that people are safe and property is not affected, including seeking the help of highly skilled wildfire response support personnel who have retired,” said Minister of ...

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Ontario Announces Constitutional Challenge to Federal Government’s Punishing Carbon Tax Scheme

The Government of Ontario today announced the next step in its fight to defend the people of Ontario from the federal government’s plan to impose a punishing new carbon tax on Ontario families and businesses. Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks Rod Phillips and Attorney General Caroline Mulroney today announced that the Government of Ontario will take immediate steps to ...

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Andrea Horwath on Province’s cuts to Social Assistance and cancellation of Basic Income Pilot Program

Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement in response to Doug Ford’s plan to cut social assistance rates and cancel the basic income pilot program:   “Doug Ford’s decision to slash the meagre increases to social assistance is appalling, it drags Ontario backwards, and it pushes those already at a disadvantage even deeper into poverty. For Mr. Ford’s ...

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Ontario Forest Fire Update – August 1

Northeast Fire Region By the evening of August 1, there were 49 active forest fires across the northeast. Of these, 21 are not yet under control, 28 are either being held, under control or being observed. There were ten new fires confirmed in the region today, one of which has already been called out. All of the new fires confirmed ...

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Hwy 69 Remains Open despite Smoke Levels

Aug 1, 2018 @ 18:32 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is on scene supporting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) in relation to Parry Sound Fire 33 by ensuring public safety and assisting with evacuations. The OPP is monitoring the smoke levels on Highway 69 and is reminding the public to slow down and turn on head and ...

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Forest Fire Situation – UPDATE Aug 1, 2018 @ 07:35

Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Forest Fire Situation Update Northeast Fire Region July 31, 2018 Time of Report 10:45 By the evening of July 31, there were 41 active forest fires across the northeast. Of these, 13 are not yet under control, 28 are either being held, under control or being observed. There were five new fires confirmed in ...

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Parry Sound 33 is a NO Drone Zone

Ontario FireRangers (10:12 a.mm) Parry Sound 33 remains out-of-control. Ontario’s FireRangers and crews from across North America, including the largest contingent ever assembled from Mexico are continuing there work across the province today. #ParrySound33 is now listed at 8,224 hectares. Smoke drift may be visible in the areas north and northeast of the fire due to winds from the south, ...

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Forest Fire Situation – UPDATE Jul 28, 2018 @ 11:50

Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Forest Fire Situation Update – Northeast Fire Region July 28, 2018 Time of Report 11:50 By the evening of July 28 there were 39 active forest fires across the northeast. Of these, 12 are not yet under control, 27 are either being held, under control or being observed. There were no new fires discovered ...

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Premier Ford Visits Wildfire-Stricken Communities

Premier Doug Ford visited people in communities near Parry Sound where hundreds of firefighters from across North America are battling major wildfires. The Premier, accompanied by Jeff Yurek, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, and Norm Miller, MPP Parry Sound-Muskoka, met with people in the affected communities today, as well as with teams that are fighting the fires and managing ...

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MNRF Minister Jeff Yurok – Our Hearts go out in firefighter’s death

Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, the Honourable Jeff Yurek, issued the following statement: “I learned yesterday that an Alberta wildland firefighter assisting our response to wildfires in Northwestern Ontario has died. Our hearts go out to his family and friends back home, to his crew-members and to all the Alberta firefighters who are helping to keep Ontarians safe.‎ These ...

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Gélinas “Small and Rural Hospitals waiting for promised funding”

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas rose in the Legislature Wednesday afternoon to share the concerns of the province’s small and rural hospitals. “It is my pleasure to share with the House an issue happening in all of our small and rural hospitals. The small and rural hospitals are the ones that serve many of the people in my riding, in ...

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Doug Ford’s $330 million slash to mental health funding will take Ontario’s mental health crisis from bad to worse

Doug Ford is dragging Ontario backwards, now including a $330 million-per-year cut to planned mental health funding — a slash that will mean longer waits, less supports and more people in crisis. Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario’s Official Opposition, spoke out against Ford’s funding slash Thursday in the legislature, but the Ford Conservatives dug in their heels, worrying Ontarians that ...

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Ontario Government Ends Strike at York University

Ontario has passed legislation to end the strike at York University and save the university’s fall semester for tens of thousands of students. York University will now start to resume normal operations and students will soon be able to complete their winter courses. “Getting York University students back to class was a top priority for our government,” said Minister of ...

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