{"id":84724,"date":"2026-07-15T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84724"},"modified":"2026-07-14T22:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:50:18","slug":"northern-ndp-mpps-respond-as-wildfires-devastate-communities-across-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/northern-ndp-mpps-respond-as-wildfires-devastate-communities-across-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern NDP MPPs respond as wildfires devastate communities across the North"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Near Collins, photo by Stephanie Paavola, taken while evacuating.<\/p><\/div>\n

As wildfires sweep through Northern Ontario, taking many First Nations and leaving families to evacuate unprecedently, NDP MPPs Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) and Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay \u2013 Superior North) released the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are witnessing right now is devastating,\u201d said MPP Mamakwa. \u201cAn entire First Nation community has been erased because of this disaster. With wildfires closing highways and threatening communities across the North, we urge everyone to follow the guidance of emergency officials and remain prepared in case evacuations are necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the people of Collins, and all those who have been displaced We also recognize the incredible work of first responders and emergency crews who are putting themselves in harm\u2019s way to protect our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart goes out to the people of Collins (Namaygoosisagagun First Nation), Whitesand First Nation, Armstrong, Lac Des Milles Lacs and everyone else at risk of having to evacuate because of encroaching fires,\u201d said MPP Vaugeois. \u201cCollins has burned to the ground. This is a tragedy and we are grateful that everyone got out safely. Down the road we need to create fire breaks to protect communities wherever possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cFires are part of a natural cycle, but the extreme temperatures we are experiencing across the county and the growing severity of weather events are indicators of climate change. We need both the Province and the Federal government to acknowledge this reality and treat these changes as the growing emergency they are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As wildfires sweep through Northern Ontario, taking many First Nations and leaving families to evacuate unprecedently, NDP MPPs Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) and Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay \u2013 Superior North) released the following statement: \u201cWhat we are witnessing right now is devastating,\u201d said MPP Mamakwa. \u201cAn entire First Nation community has been erased because of this …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":84725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-22 10:11:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84726,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84724\/revisions\/84726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}