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Wildland firefighters keeping flames away from Sandy Lake First Nation

Wildland firefighters keeping flames away from Sandy Lake First Nation

The MNR says the over-150,000-hectare blaze which forced the community’s evacuation remains about six kilometres from the remote First Nation.
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'Nothing to investigate': SIU ends investigation into Wunnumin Lake incident

'Nothing to investigate': SIU ends investigation into Wunnumin Lake incident

The Special Investigations Unit says it will not investigate an officers actions around a "medical incident" that occurred in police custody.
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June expected to be hotter than usual as forest fires burn up the Northwest

June expected to be hotter than usual as forest fires burn up the Northwest

Environment Canada says May was also largely warmer than average and the region saw much less rainfall.
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Thunder Bay will send drug screening results to expanding provincial network

Thunder Bay will send drug screening results to expanding provincial network

NorWest Community Health Centres now has its drug testing van on the road, reestablishing a service that was shuttered alongside its safe consumption site.
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How a network of low-cost sensors is helping to enhance air quality data

How a network of low-cost sensors is helping to enhance air quality data

The initiative is a partnership between federal, provincial and local levels of government and other organizations.
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Hitting the streets: mobile drug testing services set to start

Hitting the streets: mobile drug testing services set to start

NorWest Community Health Centres will have a mobile screening vehicle on the road starting June 9, which replaces testing services formerly offered at Path 525.
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Bill 5 not needed to make resource projects more efficient: environmental group

Bill 5 not needed to make resource projects more efficient: environmental group

Northwatch has been one of many organizations strongly opposing the Ford government’s Bill 5.
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Construction to begin on new hospital MRI suite

Construction to begin on new hospital MRI suite

The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre expects to start performing the medical scans in August, 2026.
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Air quality alerts and warnings spread all over northern Ontario.

Air quality alerts and warnings spread all over northern Ontario.

Environment Canada has either air quality warnings or special statements covering almost all of the region.
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Float plane stalled after takeoff leading to deadly crash: TSB

Float plane stalled after takeoff leading to deadly crash: TSB

The June 2024 crash in Red Lake involved a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver aircraft, operated by Canadian Fly-In Fishing Service.
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