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Parts of Ontario may get brief relief from wildfire smoke as northern blazes continue
Smoke from devastating northern Ontario wildfires may only briefly improve today before poor air quality returns. Environment Canada says the hazy, smoky conditions will return this evening in all regions and could persist into the weekend. A slew of forest fires continues to burn across the north with flames already razing communities such as Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, north of Thunder Bay. The Ontario government and the Assembly of First Nations have called on Ottawa…
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Parts of Ontario may get brief relief from wildfire smoke as northern blazes continue
Smoke from devastating northern Ontario wildfires may only briefly improve today before poor air quality returns.…
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By Kathryn Mannie and Elissa Mendes The Assembly of First Nations called on the federal government…
Ontario could see relief from wildfire smoke as blazes continue across north
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